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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/presumption-of-death-act-2013/section-5",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/13",
  "legislation_title": "Presumption of Death Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/presumption-of-death-act-2013",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Varying and revoking declaration",
  "text": "(1) On an application by any person, a declaration under this Act may be varied or revoked by an order of the High Court (a “variation order”).\n(2) The court must refuse to hear an application for a variation order if it considers that the applicant does not have a sufficient interest in the determination of the application.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 in force at 1.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/1810, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/13/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:24.742767+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."
}