1998 No. 1137
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security Revaluation of Earnings Factors Order 1998
Made 28th April 1998
Laid before Parliament 6th May 1998
Coming into force 27th May 1998

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 148(3) and (4) and 189(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, having on a review under the said section 148 concluded, having had regard to earlier orders under that section, that earnings factors for the relevant previous tax years have not, during the period taken into account for that review, maintained their value in relation to the general level of earnings obtaining in Great Britain, hereby makes the following Order:
1992 c. 5.
Section 148(3) and (4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 consolidated section 21(3) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60). The earlier orders are: S.I.1979/832, 1980/728, 1981/598, 1982/607, 1983/655, 1984/581, 1985/688, 1986/809, 1987/861, 1988/867, 1989/805, 1990/1412, 1991/1108, 1992/1102, 1993/1159, 1994/1105, 1995/1070, 1996/1133, 1997/1117. See also section 148(7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 which provides that orders under section 21 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 are to be treated as orders under section 148.
See sections 22 and 23 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4).