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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/278",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 10th February 1998\nLaid before Parliament 18th February 1998\nComing into force 6th April 1998\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 herand of all other powers enabling her 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 1966 (c. 20) section 2; Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699) article 2; Transfer of Functions (Health & Social Security) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1843) article 3."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/278/introduction",
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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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