Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 263
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order 2004
Made
4th February 2004
Laid before Parliament
11th February 2004
Coming into force
6th April 2004
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 148A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992( 1 ), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, it having appeared to the Secretary of State on a review under that section that the general level of earnings in Great Britain has increased during the review period( 2 ), hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 6th April 2004.
Low earnings threshold
2. It is hereby directed that, for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992( 3 ), the low earnings threshold( 4 ) for the tax years following the tax year 2003-2004 shall be £11,600.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Malcolm Wicks
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
4th February 2004
1992 c. 5 . Section 148A was inserted by section 33(1) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19) .
See subsections (1) and (2) of section 148A.
See section 44A of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 as inserted by section 30(3) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000.