{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026/rule-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026/rule-48.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/882",
  "legislation_title": "The Clergy Conduct Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026",
  "path": "rule/48",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Matters on which directions may be given",
  "text": "The matters on which directions may be given include—\n(a) matters mentioned in Part 10 (case management);\n(b) matters on which the tribunal or court in question requires evidence and the nature of that evidence;\n(c) the presentation of evidence;\n(d) the disclosure or inspection of documents;\n(e) the appointment of expert witnesses (including limiting the number of witnesses appointed), the exchange of expert reports and the identification by the experts concerned of the matters on which they agree and those on which they disagree;\n(f) the limitation of the number of witnesses which a party to a complaint may call;\n(g) the timetable for hearing oral evidence at a hearing;\n(h) the preparation and presentation of documents for a hearing;\n(i) the giving or sending of documents for a hearing to a party to a complaint or to the tribunal or court in question.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/882/rule/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:56:54.526438+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."
}