{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/workmens-compensation-supplementation-amendment-scheme-1999/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/workmens-compensation-supplementation-amendment-scheme-1999/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/720",
  "legislation_title": "The Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) (Amendment) Scheme 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/workmens-compensation-supplementation-amendment-scheme-1999",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Scheme may be cited as the Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) (Amendment) Scheme 1999 and shall come into force on 14th April 1999.\n(2) In this Scheme–\n“the operative date” means 14th April 1999;\n“the principal Scheme” means the Workmen’s Compensation (Supplementation) Scheme 1982; and\n“lesser incapacity allowance” means the allowance payable in accordance with article 5 of the principal Scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1982/1489; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1982/1490, 1983/1361, 1984/1118, 1985/1446, 1986/1174, 1987/419 and 429, 1988/574, 1989/525, 1990/688 and 2538, 1991/718, 1992/319, 1993/422, 1994/671, 1995/746, 1996/598, 1997/731 and 823 and 1998/571."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/720/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:56:20.307828+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."
}