{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-compensation-to-officers-regulations-1971/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-compensation-to-officers-regulations-1971/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1971/2008",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts (Compensation to Officers) Regulations 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-compensation-to-officers-regulations-1971",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Date from which long-term compensation is to be payable",
  "text": "(1) Long-term compensation shall be payable with effect from the date of the claim or from any earlier date permitted by the succeeding provisions of this regulation.\n(2) Where a claim for long-term compensation is duly made within thirteen weeks of the occurrence of the loss or diminution which is the cause of the claim, the award shall be made retrospective to the date on which the loss or diminution occurred.\n(3) Where a claim for long-term compensation is made after the expiry of the period mentioned in paragraph (2), the award may, at the discretion of the compensating authority, be made retrospective to a date not earlier than thirteen weeks prior to the date on which the claim was made:\nProvided that if the compensating authority are satisfied that the failure to make the claim within the period mentioned in paragraph (2) was due to ill-health or other circumstances beyond the claimant's control, the award may be made retrospective to a date not earlier than that on which the loss or diminution occurred.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/2008/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:37:25.015994+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."
}