{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-names-adjudicator-rules-2008/rule-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-names-adjudicator-rules-2008/rule-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1738",
  "legislation_title": "The Company Names Adjudicator Rules 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-names-adjudicator-rules-2008",
  "path": "rule/9",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Evidence in proceedings before the adjudicator",
  "text": "(1) Subject to rule 6(3), evidence filed under these Rules may be given—\n(a) by witness statement, affidavit or statutory declaration; or\n(b) in any other form which would be admissible as evidence in proceedings before the court,\nand a witness statement may only be given in evidence if it includes a statement of truth.\n(2) For the purposes of these Rules, a statement of truth—\n(a) means a statement that the person making the statement believes that the facts stated in a particular document are true; and\n(b) shall be dated and signed by the maker of the statement.\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1738/rule/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:28:49.406606+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."
}