{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1997/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1997/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/286",
  "legislation_title": "The Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/naval-military-and-air-forces-etc-disablement-and-death-service-pensions-amendment-order-1997",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Amendment Order 1997 and shall come into force on 7th April 1997.\n(2) In this Order “the principal Order” means the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983 and, except where the context otherwise requires, a reference to a numbered article, Part, Table or Schedule is to the article Part, Table or Schedule in the principal Order which bears that number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/286/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:25:59.824632+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."
}