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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compensation-for-miscarriages-of-justice-alteration-of-overall-compensation-limits-order-2025/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2025/1139",
  "legislation_title": "The Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice (Alteration of Overall Compensation Limits) Order 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compensation-for-miscarriages-of-justice-alteration-of-overall-compensation-limits-order-2025",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order increases the overall compensation limits that apply to compensation payable by the Secretary of State under section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”) and section 276 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) for a particular miscarriage of justice.\nSection 133 of the 1988 Act, which extends throughout the United Kingdom, makes provision for the payment of compensation to those who have suffered a miscarriage of justice following conviction in the civilian justice system. Section 133A(5), which extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only, specifies that the total amount of compensation payable must not exceed the overall compensation limit.\nArticle 2 of this Order amends section 133A(5) to increase the overall compensation limit that applies to compensation payable by the Secretary of State from £1 million to £1,300,000 in cases where the person has been detained for at least 10 years and £500,000 to £650,000 in any other case. Compensation is payable by the Secretary of State in relation to eligible England and Wales cases and eligible Northern Ireland cases that are determined by the Secretary of State on national security grounds. This Order does not change the overall compensation limit specified in section 133A(5) that applies to compensation payable by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland in the remainder of eligible Northern Ireland cases.\nSection 276 of the 2006 Act makes provision for the payment of compensation to those who have suffered a miscarriage of justice following conviction by the Court Martial. Article 3 of this Order amends section 276A(5) to increase the overall compensation limit that applies to compensation payable by the Secretary of State by the same amounts referred to above.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1139/note",
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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."
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