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Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 217

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order 2005

Made

4th February 2005

Laid before Parliament

10th February 2005

Coming into force

6th April 2005

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 2005 and shall come into force on 6th April 2005.

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 2004 – 2005 shall be £12,100.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Malcolm Wicks

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

4th February 2005

( 1 )

1992 c. 5 . Section 148A was inserted by section 33(1) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19) .

( 2 )

See subsections (1) and (2) of section 148A.

( 3 )

1992 c. 4 .

( 4 )

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.

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