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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-for-bereavement-variation-of-sum-england-and-wales-order-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3489",
  "legislation_title": "The Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) (England and Wales) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-for-bereavement-variation-of-sum-england-and-wales-order-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order, which applies only to causes of action accruing on or after 1st January 2008, amends section 1A(3) of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976, increasing the sum which may be awarded as damages for bereavement in England and Wales from £10,000 to £11,800.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3489/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:39:30.458011+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."
}