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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-force-custody-rules-2000/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-force-custody-rules-2000/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2369",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Force Custody Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-force-custody-rules-2000",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), an application for a witness summons shall be made in writing to the court administration officer and shall—\n(a) contain a brief description of the stipulated evidence, document or thing;\n(b) set out the reasons why the applicant considers that the stipulated evidence, document or thing is likely to be material;\n(c) specify the grounds for believing that the directed person is likely to be able to give the stipulated evidence or to produce the stipulated document or thing;\n(d) set out the reasons why the applicant considers that the directed person will not voluntarily attend as a witness or produce the stipulated document or thing;\n(e) if the witness summons is proposed to require the directed person to produce a document or thing, state whether the applicant seeks a requirement also to be imposed under paragraph 2 and, if such a requirement is sought, specify the place and time at which the applicant wishes the document or thing to be produced.\n(2) In the case of an application for a witness summons which is made during the hearing, such application shall be made orally to the judicial officer, who shall determine the application and give such directions as appear to be appropriate.\n(3) In this Schedule—\n(a) references to any stipulated evidence, document or thing are to any evidence, document or thing whose giving or production is proposed to be required by the witness summons; and\n(b) references to the directed person are to the person to whom the witness summons is proposed to be directed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2369/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:30:28.826483+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."
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