{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compensation-defence-act-1939/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compensation-defence-act-1939/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/2-3/75",
  "legislation_title": "Compensation (Defence) Act 1939",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compensation-defence-act-1939",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Interest on compensation.",
  "text": "Any compensation under this Act shall carry interest, as from the date on which it accrues due until payment, at such rate not exceeding five per cent. per annum as the Treasury may from time to time by order prescribe.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 10 applied by Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948 (c. 17), s. 13(4)(5); applied with modifications by Public Works (Festival of Britain) Act 1949 (c. 26), s. 5(8)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/2-3/75/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:10.639747+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."
}