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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/life-assurance-companies-payment-into-court-act-1896/section-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/59-60/8",
  "legislation_title": "Life Assurance Companies (Payment Into Court) Act 1896",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/life-assurance-companies-payment-into-court-act-1896",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act—\nThe expression “life assurance company” means any corporation, company, or society carrying on the business of life assurance, not being a society registered under the Acts relating to friendly societies;\nThe expression “life policy” includes any policy not foreign to the business of life assurance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/59-60/8/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:29:24.872850+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."
}