{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-commission-rules-1956/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-commission-rules-1956/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1956/962",
  "legislation_title": "The Foreign Compensation Commission Rules 1956",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-commission-rules-1956",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Rules replace the Foreign Compensation Commission Rules, 1950, and make a number of changes, including:\n(1) Applications must in future be received within the time fixed by the Order in Council under which the claim is made; the times allowed for taking other steps in proceedings have been altered in some cases so as to prevent unnecessary delay (Rule 7, etc.);\n(2) If the Commission approve, a father, guardian or other person may be appointed to act on behalf of an infant (Rule 8);\n(3) Determinations of the Commission may be made by two Commissioners, instead of three (Rule 35).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1956/962/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T01:19:29.201848+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."
}