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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-damages-variation-of-periodical-payments-order-2004/article-5",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110498364",
  "legislation_title": "The Damages (Variation of Periodical Payments) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-damages-variation-of-periodical-payments-order-2004",
  "path": "article/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Contents of variable order",
  "text": "Where the court makes a variable order —\n(a) the damages must be assessed or agreed on the assumption that the disease, deterioration or improvement will not occur;\n(b) the order must specify the disease or type of deterioration or improvement;\n(c) the order may specify a period within which an application for it to be varied may be made;\n(d) the order may specify more than one disease or type of deterioration or improvement and may, in respect of each, specify a different period within which an application for it to be varied may be made;\n(e) the order must provide that a party must obtain the court’s permission to apply for it to be varied, unless the court otherwise orders.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110498364/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:23:36.614138+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."
}