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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-1996/article-44",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2070",
  "legislation_title": "The Asylum Appeals (Procedure) Rules 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/asylum-appeals-procedure-rules-1996",
  "path": "article/44",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Irregularities",
  "text": "Any irregularity resulting from failure to comply with these Rules before the appellate authority has reached a decision shall not by itself render the proceedings void, but the authority shall, if it considers that any person may have been prejudiced, take such steps as it thinks fit before reaching a decision to cure the irregularity, whether by amendment of any document, the giving of any notice or otherwise.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2070/article/44",
    "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."
}