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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hong-kong-overseas-public-servants-continuing-service-compensation-order-1996/article-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1139",
  "legislation_title": "The Hong Kong (Overseas Public Servants) (Continuing Service: Compensation) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hong-kong-overseas-public-servants-continuing-service-compensation-order-1996",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Payment of tax",
  "text": "In addition to the payments to entitled officers in accordance with and at the rate provided for in the foregoing provisions of this Order, the Secretary of State may pay direct to the Inland Revenue such sums as may be necessary to discharge the liability of entitled officers to United Kingdom income tax on any payment made under this Order (including a payment under this article) to, or in respect of, an entitled officer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1139/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:44:58.042627+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."
}