{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-1996/article-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-1996/article-30.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2070",
  "legislation_title": "The Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-1996",
  "path": "article/30",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Inspection of documentary evidence",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, when the appellate authority takes into consideration documentary evidence, every party to the appeal shall be given an opportunity of inspecting that evidence and taking copies if copies have not been provided pursuant to rule 23.\n(2) Where on an appeal it is alleged that —\n(a) a passport or other travel document, certificate of entitlement, entry clearance or work permit (or any part thereof or entry therein) on which a party relies is a forgery, and\n(b) the disclosure to that party of any matters relating to the method of detection would be contrary to the public interest,\nthen, if supply of a document to that party would involve such disclosure, that document shall not be supplied to, or made available for inspection by, that party.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2070/article/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:37:19.606449+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."
}