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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-transitional-provisions-ombudsman-scheme-and-complaints-scheme-order-2001/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2326",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Transitional Provisions) (Ombudsman Scheme and Complaints Scheme) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-transitional-provisions-ombudsman-scheme-and-complaints-scheme-order-2001",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Liability of former schemes in respect of pre-commencement acts and omissions",
  "text": "(1) Any liability incurred by a former ombudsman or other person responsible for the operation of a former scheme as a result of an act or omission occurring before commencement in dealing with (or failing to deal with) a complaint referred to that scheme is, after commencement, a liability of the scheme operator.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), it is immaterial whether the complaint is a relevant existing complaint.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2326/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:45:17.929997+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."
}