{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-act-1996/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-act-1996/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/48",
  "legislation_title": "Damages Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-act-1996",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Assumed rate of return on investment of damages.",
  "text": ". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "repealed",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1 omitted (E.W.) (20.12.2018) by virtue of Civil Liability Act 2018 (c. 29), ss. 10(4)(a), 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 1 repealed (S.) (1.7.2019) by virtue of Damages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 4), ss. 1(2), 9(2); S.S.I. 2019/197, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 1 repealed (N.I.) (10.2.2022) by virtue of Damages (Return on Investment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 1), ss. 1(2), 5(2); S.R. 2022/30, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/48/section/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."
}