{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biocidal-products-regulations-2001/schedule-10/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/880",
  "legislation_title": "The Biocidal Products Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/biocidal-products-regulations-2001",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The parties shall be entitled to appear at the hearing.\n(2) Any other person may appear at the discretion of the appointed person provided that he has, not later than 7 days before the date of the hearing, served on the Ministers a statement of his proposed submissions.\n(3) The Ministers shall send a copy of every statement served on them in accordance with sub-paragraph (2) to the appointed person and to the appellant.\n(4) A body corporate may appear by its clerk or secretary or by any other officer appointed for the purpose by that body, or by counsel or a solicitor.\n(5) A person may appear on his own behalf or be represented by counsel, a solicitor or any other person.\n(6) Where there are two or more persons having a similar interest in the subject matter of the hearing, the appointed person may allow one or more persons to appear for the benefit of some or all persons so interested.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/880/schedule/10/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:56:49.061238+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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