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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-personal-injury-order-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2301",
  "legislation_title": "The Damages (Personal Injury) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-personal-injury-order-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DAMAGES, ENGLAND AND WALES\nDAMAGES, NORTHERN IRELAND\nMade 25th June 2001\nLaid before Parliament 27th June 2001\nComing into force 28th June 2001\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1 of the Damages Act 1996, having consulted the Government Actuary and the Treasury in accordance with section 1(4) of that Act, makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 48."
    }
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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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