{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-act-1997/section-17",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/27",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-act-1997",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Benefits irrelevant to assessment of damages.",
  "text": "In assessing damages in respect of any accident, injury or disease, the amount of any listed benefits paid or likely to be paid is to be disregarded.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 17 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2008) by Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1596), regs. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1 (with reg. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/27/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:26:12.739105+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."
}