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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-act-1996/schedule-C1/paragraph-31",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/48",
  "legislation_title": "Damages Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/C1/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Regulations under this Schedule may—\n(a) make provision to apply in all cases, or\n(b) make different provision for different circumstances.\n(2) The power to make regulations under this Schedule is exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.\n(3) Regulations under this Schedule may not be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Northern Ireland Assembly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. C1 inserted (N.I.) (10.2.2022) by Damages (Return on Investment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 1), s. 5(2), Sch.; S.R. 2022/30, art. 2(c)"
    }
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    "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."
}