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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-regulations-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-regulations-2014/schedule-1/paragraph-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111109106",
  "legislation_title": "The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-diffuse-mesothelioma-payment-scheme-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Application by a dependant of a person with diffuse mesothelioma",
  "text": "(1) In any other case, P is to be taken as having been “first diagnosed” with diffuse mesothelioma where either of the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b) is met and the date of first diagnosis is to be determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).\n(2) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—\n(a) that a diagnosis of diffuse mesothelioma in relation to P is made following a post-mortem examination; or\n(b) that, following P’s death, a diagnosis of diffuse mesothelioma in relation to P is confirmed in writing by a health care professional without carrying out a post-mortem examination.\n(3) The date of P’s first diagnosis is the date shown on the report of the post-mortem examination or the date shown on the health care professional’s written confirmation of the diagnosis (as the case may be).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111109106/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:13:58.940842+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."
}