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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2004/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2004/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/717",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Injuries (Civilians) (Amendment) Scheme 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2004",
  "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 2004 and shall come into force on 12th April 2004.\n(2) In this Scheme, “the principal Scheme” means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 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 Scheme which bears that number.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/686; amending instruments are S.I.1983/1164, 1540, 1984/1289, 1675, 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, 1997/812, 1998/278,1999/262, 2000/301, 2001/420, 2002/672 and 2003/637."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/717/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:29:48.366594+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."
}