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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/section-172",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/25",
  "legislation_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009",
  "path": "section/172",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "172",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Part",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“benefit” means a direct or indirect benefit of any nature (pecuniary or non-pecuniary);\n“enactment” includes an enactment contained in, or an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation;\n“enforcement authority” has the meaning given by section 161(2);\n“material” means any information, opinion, image or other thing;\n“qualifying offender” has the meaning given by section 156;\n“recoverable amount” has the meaning given by section 155;\n“relevant offence” has the meaning given by section 159;\n“the respondent” has the meaning given by section 155;\n“UK service court” means—\n(a)a court-martial constituted under the Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18), the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19) or the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53) or the Court Martial established by the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52);\n(b)a Standing Civilian Court established under the Armed Forces Act 1976 (c. 52) or the Service Civilian Court established by the Armed Forces Act 2006;\n(c)the Courts-Martial Appeal Court or the Court Martial Appeal Court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 172 in force at 6.4.2010 by S.I. 2010/816, art. 2, Sch. para. 11"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/section/172",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:44.377194+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."
}