{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-inquiries-regulations-2008/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-inquiries-regulations-2008/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1651",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Service Inquiries) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-service-inquiries-regulations-2008",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application for witness notice to produce a document, etc: judge advocate’s assessment of objection",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where a person served under paragraph 1(4) with an application for a witness notice requiring a person to produce in evidence a document or thing objects to its production on the grounds that—\n(a) it is not likely to be material evidence; or\n(b) even if it is likely to be material evidence, it is evidence or a document referred to in regulation 13(5).\n(2) The judge advocate may require the proposed witness to make the document or thing available for the objection to be assessed.\n(3) The judge advocate may invite—\n(a) the proposed witness or any representative of the proposed witness; or\n(b) a person to whom the document or thing relates or any representative of such a person,\nto help the judge advocate assess the objection.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1651/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:29:17.298047+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."
}