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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-government-and-health-service-bodies-order-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/474",
  "legislation_title": "The Damages (Government and Health Service Bodies) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-government-and-health-service-bodies-order-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DAMAGES, ENGLAND AND WALES\nDAMAGES, NORTHERN IRELAND\nMade 4th March 2005\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 2005\nComing into force 1st April 2005\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2A(2) of the Damages Act 1996, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 48; section 2A was inserted by the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), section 100."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/474/introduction",
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  },
  "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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