{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-act-1996/schedule/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-act-1996/schedule/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/48",
  "legislation_title": "Damages Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "This Schedule applies where—\n(a) a claim or action for damages for personal injury is settled on terms whereby the damages are to consist wholly or partly of periodical payments; or\n(b) a court awarding damages for personal injury makes an order incorporating such terms.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 1(a) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), ss. 101(3), 110(1); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(w); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(w)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/48/schedule/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}