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Rule 9 Evidence in proceedings before the adjudicator

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

(1)

Subject to rule 6(3), evidence filed under these Rules may be given—

(a)

by witness statement, affidavit or statutory declaration; or

(b)

in any other form which would be admissible as evidence in proceedings before the court,

and a witness statement may only be given in evidence if it includes a statement of truth.

(2)

For the purposes of these Rules, a statement of truth—

(a)

means a statement that the person making the statement believes that the facts stated in a particular document are true; and

(b)

shall be dated and signed by the maker of the statement.

(3)

In these Rules, a witness statement is a written statement signed by a person that contains the evidence which that person would be allowed to give orally.