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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1982/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1982/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/53",
  "legislation_title": "Administration of Justice Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1982",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Maintenance at public expense to be taken into account in assessment of damages.",
  "text": "In an action under the law of England and Wales or the law of Northern Ireland for damages for personal injuries (including any such action arising out of a contract) any saving to the injured person which is attributable to his maintenance wholly or partly at public expense in a hospital, nursing home or other institution shall be set off against any income lost by him as a result of his injuries.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/53/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:44.736013+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}