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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2005/section-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/655",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Injuries (Civilians) (Amendment) Scheme 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2005",
  "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 2005 and shall come into force—\n(a) for the purposes of this article, article 2 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to this Scheme, on 6th April 2005.\n(b) for the purposes of paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 to this Scheme, on 11th April 2005.\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, 2003/637 and 2004/717."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/655/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:04:25.552007+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."
}