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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-development-act-2002/section-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/1",
  "legislation_title": "International Development Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/international-development-act-2002",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Meaning of “assistance”",
  "text": "(1) In this Act “assistance” means assistance in any form or of any nature, including—\n(a) financial or technical assistance, and\n(b) assistance consisting in a supply of materials.\n(2) In subsection (1) “technical assistance” includes assistance that—\n(a) consists in know-how in the form of personnel, training or the provision of the results of research, or\n(b) is provided in the form of a scholarship.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/1/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:47.475453+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
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}