{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/life-assurance-companies-payment-into-court-act-1896/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/life-assurance-companies-payment-into-court-act-1896/section-3.json",
  "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/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Power to pay money into court.",
  "text": "Subject to rules of courtrules made under section 55 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 any life assurance company may pay into the Supreme Court . . . , any moneys payable by them under a life policy in respect of which, in the opinion of their board of directors, no sufficient discharge can otherwise be obtained.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words from “rules” to “1978” substituted (N.I.) (18.4.1979) for words “rules of court” by virtue of Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23), Sch. 5 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by (E.W.) Administration of Justice Act 1965 (c. 2), Sch. 1 and (N.I.) (18.4.1979) Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23), Sch. 5 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words repealed (E.W.) by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), Sch. 11 Pt. II; replaced (N.I.) (18.4.1979) by virtue of Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23), Sch. 5 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1978 c. 23."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/59-60/8/section/3",
    "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."
}