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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/708",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 18th March 1991\nLaid before Parliament 18th March 1991\nComing into force 8th April 1991\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, with the approval of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2 of the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939 and now vested in him and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Scheme:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1939 c. 82."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Pensions) Order 1953 (S.I. 1953/1198), article 2: Ministry of Social Security Act 1 966 (c.20), section 2; Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699), article 2."
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  "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."
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