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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-by-air-and-road-act-1979/schedule-1/part-Chapter/III/crossheading-article-17/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/28",
  "legislation_title": "Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-by-air-and-road-act-1979",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/Chapter/III/crossheading/article-17/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The carrier is liable for damage sustained in case of death or personal injury of a passenger upon condition only that the event which caused the death or injury took place on board the aircraft or in the course of any of the operations of embarking or disembarking. However, the carrier is not liable if the death or injury resulted solely from the state of health of the passenger.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/28/schedule/1/part/Chapter/III/crossheading/article-17/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:18:14.585731+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."
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