{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-amendment-scheme-2001/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-amendment-scheme-2001/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/419",
  "legislation_title": "The War Pensions (Mercantile Marine) (Amendment) Scheme 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-amendment-scheme-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Scheme amends the War Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Scheme 1964 (“the principal Scheme”).\nArticle 3 amends Schedule 7 to the principal Scheme as regards commencing dates for awards. References to appeals are removed to reflect changes to other war pension instruments following amendments to section 8 of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 (c. 39) by section 58 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19). Paragraphs (2)(d) and (3) of article 3 amend paragraphs 1 and 4 of Schedule 7 respectively, to clarify what is meant by official error and regarding backdating where there is additional evidence. Article 3(5) substitutes wording in paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 concerning administrative error.\nThis Order does not impose any costs on business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/419/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:03:58.310082+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."
}