{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-1997/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-1997/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/812",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-1997",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Substitution of Article 17",
  "text": "For Article 17 (allowance for wear and tear of clothing) there shall be substituted—\n“Allowance for wear and tear of clothing\n17 (1) A disabled person who is in receipt of a pension under Article 11 or Article 42 may be awarded an allowance in respect of wear and tear of clothing at the rate specified in Schedule 3, paragraph 6 where either—\n(a) he is in receipt of a pension in respect of an amputation and regularly wears an artificial limb; or\n(b) the Secretary of State is satisfied that as a result of the disablement which gives rise to an award under this Scheme there is exceptional wear and tear of the disabled person’s clothing.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/812/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:20:54.290597+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."
}