{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-injuries-compensation-act-1995/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-injuries-compensation-act-1995/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/53",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-injuries-compensation-act-1995",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Inalienability of awards.",
  "text": "(1) Every assignment (or, in Scotland, assignation) of, or charge on, an award and every agreement to assign or charge an award shall be void.\n(2) On the bankruptcy of a person in whose favour an award is made (or, in Scotland, on the sequestration of such a person’s estate), the award shall not pass to any trustee or other person acting on behalf of his creditors.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/53/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:32.801799+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."
}