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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2003/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1372",
  "legislation_title": "The Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/competition-appeal-tribunal-rules-2003",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "The Registrar",
  "text": "(1) Any person appointed to be the Registrar under section 12(3) of the 2002 Act must—\n(a) have a seven year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, or\n(b) be an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least seven years' standing, or\n(c) be—\n(i) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least seven years' standing, or\n(ii) a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland of at least seven years' standing.\n(2) The Registrar shall act in accordance with the instructions of the President and shall, in particular, be responsible for—\n(a) the establishment and maintenance of a register in which all pleadings and supporting documents and all orders and decisions of the Tribunal shall be registered;\n(b) the acceptance, transmission, service and custody of documents in accordance with these rules;\n(c) the enforcement of decisions of the Tribunal pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 4 to the 2002 Act;\n(d) certifying that any order, direction or decision is an order, direction or decision of the Tribunal, the President or a chairman, as the case may be.\n(3) With the authorisation of the President, the Registrar may consider and dispose of interlocutory matters in accordance with rule 62(3).\n(4) A party may within 5 days of any exercise by the Registrar of his functions pursuant to paragraph (3) of this rule request in writing that the exercise of such functions be reviewed by the President. The President may determine the matter acting alone or refer the matter to a chairman or to the Tribunal.\n(5) Any administrative function of the Registrar may be performed on his behalf by any member of staff of the Competition Service whom the President may authorise for the purpose.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 41."
    }
  ],
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  "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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