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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2008/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2008/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/592",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Injuries (Civilians) (Amendment) Scheme 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-amendment-scheme-2008",
  "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 2008 and shall come into force on 7th April 2008.\n(2) In this Scheme, “the principal Scheme” means the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983, and a reference to a numbered article, table or Schedule, is a reference to the article, 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; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1983/1164, 1540, 1984/1289, 1675, 1985/1313, 1986/628, 1987/191, 1988/367, 2260, 1989/415, 1990/1300, 1991/708, 1992/702, 3226, 1993/480, 1994/715, 2021, 1995/445, 1997/812, 1999/262, 2001/420, 2002/672, 2004/717, 2005/655, 1639, 3031, 2006/765 and 2007/646."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/592/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:35:00.533401+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."
}