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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defective-premises-act-1972/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defective-premises-act-1972/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/35",
  "legislation_title": "Defective Premises Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/defective-premises-act-1972",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Application to Crown.",
  "text": "This Act shall bind the Crown, but as regards the Crown’s liability in tort shall not bind the Crown further than the Crown is made liable in tort by the Crown Proceedings Act 1947.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1947 c. 44."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/35/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:48:56.578460+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."
}