{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-amendment-scheme-1987/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-amendment-scheme-1987/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/585",
  "legislation_title": "The War Pensions (Mercantile Marine) (Amendment) Scheme 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-amendment-scheme-1987",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Scheme)\nThis Scheme, which comes into force on 6th April 1987, removes the provision for payment of funeral grants from the War Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Scheme 1964 to coincide with the abolition of social security death grants.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/585/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:28:50.628091+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."
}