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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-personal-injury-scotland-order-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/46",
  "legislation_title": "The Damages (Personal Injury) (Scotland) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/damages-personal-injury-scotland-order-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DAMAGES\nMade 6th February 2002\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 7th February 2002\nComing into force 8th February 2002\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (4) of the Damages Act 1996, having consulted with the Government Actuary in accordance with section 1(4) of that Act, make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 48; sections 1(1) and (4) were amended by section 1(5) of that Act in their application to Scotland by the substitution of “Scottish Ministers” for the “Lord Chancellor”, the substitution of “the Scottish Parliament” for “either House of Parliament”, and the omission of a reference to consultation with the Treasury. Section 1(5) was substituted by S.I. 1999/1820, articles 1(2) and 4, Schedule 2, paragraph 126."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/46/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."
}