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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-for-bereavement-variation-of-sum-northern-ireland-order-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/74",
  "legislation_title": "The Damages for Bereavement (Variation of Sum) (Northern Ireland) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-for-bereavement-variation-of-sum-northern-ireland-order-2016",
  "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 April 2016, amends Article 3A(3) of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (S.I. 1977/1251 (N.I. 18)) increasing the sum which may be awarded for damages for bereavement in Northern Ireland from £11,800 to £14,200.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/74/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:58:12.480986+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."
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