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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-scheme-1983/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-scheme-1983/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1983/686",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-injuries-civilians-scheme-1983",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 5th May 1983\nLaid before Parliament 30th June 1983\nComing into Operation 21st July 1983\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, with the approval of the Treasury, in exercise of powers conferred by Section 1 and 2 of the Personal Injuries (Emergency Provisions) Act 1939 and now vested in him, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and for the purpose only of consolidating the Schemes hereby revoked, hereby makes the following Scheme:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "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, and Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1699), Article 2."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1983/686/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."
}