2004 No. 80
SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

Made
Coming into operation
Whereas the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made an Order1 under section 148A of the Social Security Administration Act 19922:
Now, therefore, the Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 130A of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 19923 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Social Security Pensions (Low Earnings Threshold) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2004.

Low earnings threshold2.

It is hereby directed that, for the purposes of the Contributions and Benefits Act, the low earnings threshold4 for the tax years following the tax year 2003-2004 shall be £11,600.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 4th March 2004.

John O'Neill
Senior Officer of the
Department for Social Development
(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order, which corresponds to an Order (S.I. 2004/263) made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions under section 148A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, directs that the low earnings threshold, for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, for the tax years following 2003-2004 shall be £11,600. The low earnings threshold is used for the purposes of calculating entitlement to the additional pension (the state second pension) in a state retirement pension.