{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interest-on-damages-scotland-act-1958/section-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/61",
  "legislation_title": "Interest On Damages (Scotland) Act 1958",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/interest-on-damages-scotland-act-1958",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Citation, interpretation, extent and commencement",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Interest on Damages (Scotland) Act 1958.\n(2) In this Act, “personal injuries” includes any disease and any impairment of a person’s physical or mental condition.\n(3) This Act shall extend to Scotland only, and shall not apply to any action commenced against any person before the passing of this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 3(2) substituted by Interest on Damages (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 31), s. 1(3)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/61/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:39.168903+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."
}