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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-prisoners-act-2024/section-51",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2024/21",
  "legislation_title": "Victims and Prisoners Act 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/victims-and-prisoners-act-2024",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Applications and procedure",
  "text": "Regulations under section 49 may deal with the procedure for the making and deciding of applications for payments under the infected blood compensation scheme and, in particular, may—\n(a) impose time limits for making an application or taking other steps;\n(b) make provision about evidence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 51 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 81(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/21/section/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:12.536425+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."
}