{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-byssinosis-and-miscellaneous-diseases-benefit-amendment-scheme-1987/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-byssinosis-and-miscellaneous-diseases-benefit-amendment-scheme-1987/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/400",
  "legislation_title": "The Pneumoconiosis, Byssinosis and Miscellaneous Diseases Benefit (Amendment) Scheme 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pneumoconiosis-byssinosis-and-miscellaneous-diseases-benefit-amendment-scheme-1987",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of article 5 of and Schedule 2 to the principal Scheme",
  "text": "Article 5 of and Schedule 2 to the principal Scheme shall be amended by substituting\n(a) for the word “wife” wherever it appears the word “spouse”;\n(b) for the words “his” and “her” wherever they appear the words “his or her”; and\n(c) for the word “he” wherever it appears the words “he or she”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/400/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:30:23.688524+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."
}