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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-commission-union-of-soviet-socialist-republics-rules-approval-instrument-1987/schedule/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/143",
  "legislation_title": "The Foreign Compensation Commission (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) Rules Approval Instrument 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-commission-union-of-soviet-socialist-republics-rules-approval-instrument-1987",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:–\n“bond claim” means a claim in respect of a bond under Part II of the Order;\n“the Commission” means the Foreign Compensation Commission;\n“Commissioner” means the Chairman or other member of the Commission;\n“determination” means the determination of a claim under rule 9 or rule 29 of these rules;\n“Legal Officer” means a Legal Officer appointed by the Commission to represent the interests of the Fund and any person authorised by the Commission to act in that behalf;\n“the Order” means the Foreign Compensation (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) (Registration and Determination of Claims) Order 1986;\n“personal injury claim” means a claim in respect of personal injury or death under Part V of the Order;\n“personal representative” means the person to whom a grant of probate or confirmation or letters of administration shall have been made in any part of the United Kingdom;\n“pleading” means the application (or any other document accepted by the Commission in lieu thereof), an Answer, a reply and any particulars delivered in respect of such documents;\n“property claim” means a claim in respect of property under Part IV of the Order;\n“Registrar” means a Registrar appointed by the Commission and any person authorized to act in that behalf;\n(2) Expressions defined in the Order shall have the meanings therein assigned to them.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/2222."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/143/schedule/paragraph/2",
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  "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."
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