{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026/rule-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026/rule-50.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/882",
  "legislation_title": "The Clergy Conduct Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/clergy-conduct-rules-2026",
  "path": "rule/50",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Use of witness statements for other purposes",
  "text": "(1) A witness statement may be used only for the purposes of the complaint in the proceedings in which it is served.\n(2) But paragraph (1) does not apply if or to the extent that—\n(a) the witness gives consent in writing to the use of the statement for specified purposes,\n(b) the Chair of the tribunal or court gives permission for the use of the statement for specified purposes, or\n(c) the witness statement has been put in evidence at a hearing held in public.",
  "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/50",
    "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."
}