{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017/rule-4.15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-fatal-accident-inquiry-rules-2017/rule-4.15.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/4.15",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "4.15",
  "heading": "Instructing expert witnesses",
  "text": "(1) An expert witness may only present information about matters which are necessary to further the purpose of the inquiry.\n(2) A participant who has decided to instruct an expert witness must, as early as possible, lodge a note setting out—\n(a) the identity of the witness to be instructed, if known;\n(b) why the information to be presented by that witness is necessary to further the purpose of the inquiry;\n(c) the broad terms of the instruction; and\n(d) the expected completion date of any report.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 4.15 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/4.15",
    "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."
}