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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-peoples-republic-of-china-order-1987/article-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/2201",
  "legislation_title": "The Foreign Compensation (People’s Republic of China) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-compensation-peoples-republic-of-china-order-1987",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Qualifications to make Application",
  "text": "An application to the Commission for the purpose of establishing a claim under this Part of the Order may be made by any person who was on 5th June 1987 (or, if he is a trustee, is a trustee for a person who was on 5th June 1987) either:—\n(a) a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, a British Overseas citizen, a British subject or a British Protected Person, or\n(b) a corporation, firm or association incorporated or constituted under the laws in force in the United Kingdom or in any country or territory for whose international relations Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom were on 5th June 1987 responsible.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2201/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:14:30.356874+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."
}