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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-summary-appeal-court-rules-2009/article-45",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1211",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Summary Appeal Court) Rules 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-summary-appeal-court-rules-2009",
  "path": "article/45",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Preliminary proceedings in chambers without notice to appellant",
  "text": "On application by the Director, the judge advocate for any preliminary proceedings may direct that the proceedings are, or that any part of the proceedings is—\n(a) where there is one appellant, to be held in his absence and without notice to him;\n(b) where there are two or more appellants, to be held in the absence of both or all of them and without notice to any of them.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1211/article/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:13.432090+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."
}