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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-1998/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-1998/section-1.json",
  "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": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Amendment Scheme 1998 and shall come into force on 6th April 1998.\n(2) In this Scheme, the expression “the principal Scheme” means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/686, as amended by S.I. 1983/1164, 1540, 1984/1289, 1985/1313, 1986/628, 1987/191, 1988/367, 2260, 1989/415, 1990/535, 1300, 1991/708, 1992/702, 3226, 1993/480, 1994/715, 2021, 1995/445, 1996/502 and 1997/812."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/278/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:37:44.768233+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."
}