{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-act-1996/schedule-A1/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-act-1996/schedule-A1/paragraph-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/48",
  "legislation_title": "Damages Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/A1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule—\n“expert panel” means a panel established in accordance with paragraph 6;\n“rate determination” has the meaning given by paragraph 4;\n“rate of return” means a rate of return for the purposes of section A1.\n(2) A provision of this Schedule that refers to the rate of return being changed is to be read as also referring to—\n(a) the existing rate of return being replaced with no rate;\n(b) a rate of return being introduced where there is no existing rate;\n(c) the existing rate of return for a particular class of case being replaced with no rate;\n(d) a rate of return being introduced for a particular class of case for which there is no existing rate.\n(3) A provision of this Schedule that refers to the rate of return being kept unchanged is to be read as also referring to—\n(a) the position that there is no rate of return being kept unchanged;\n(b) the position that there is no rate of return for a particular class of case being kept unchanged.\n(4) A provision of this Schedule that refers to a review of the rate of return is to be read as also referring to—\n(a) a review of the position that no rate of return is prescribed;\n(b) a review of the position that no rate of return is prescribed for a particular class of case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. A1 inserted (E.W.) (20.12.2018) by Civil Liability Act 2018 (c. 29), ss. 10(2), 14"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/48/schedule/A1/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:50.050497+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."
}