{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017/rule-4.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017/rule-4.1.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/103",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Fatal Accident Inquiry Rules) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017",
  "path": "rule/4.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4.1",
  "heading": "The law of evidence",
  "text": "(1) Any rule of law or enactment that prevents evidence being led on grounds of inadmissibility does not apply in an inquiry.\n(2) Where a person would be entitled to withhold information on the grounds of legal professional privilege, nothing in this rule affects that person’s ability to refuse to produce that document or present it at an inquiry.\n(3) Any rule of law that restricts the manner in which evidence must be presented does not apply in an inquiry.\n(4) Subject to any orders made by the sheriff—\n(a) information may be presented to the inquiry in any manner; and\n(b) the sheriff may reach conclusions based on that information.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 4.1 in force at 15.6.2017, see rule 1.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/103/rule/4.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:19:19.120442+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."
}