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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/schedule-3G/part/chapter-II/crossheading-central-authority-costs",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/27",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982",
  "path": "schedule/3G/part/chapter/II/crossheading/central-authority-costs",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": "Article 8",
  "heading": "Central Authority costs",
  "text": "(1) Each Central Authority shall bear its own costs in applying this Convention.\n(2) Central Authorities may not impose any charge on an applicant for the provision of their services under the Convention save for exceptional costs arising from a request for a specific measure under Article 7.\n(3) The requested Central Authority may not recover the costs of the services referred to in paragraph 2 without the prior consent of the applicant to the provision of those services at such cost.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3G inserted (31.12.2020) by Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 (c. 24), s. 4(3), Sch. 4 (with s. 3(1), Sch. 5 para. 8)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/schedule/3G/part/chapter/II/crossheading/central-authority-costs",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:12:10.218317+00:00"
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  "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."
}