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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-by-non-ministerial-acquiring-authorities-inquiries-procedure-rules-1990/article-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/512",
  "legislation_title": "The Compulsory Purchase by Non-Ministerial Acquiring Authorities (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-by-non-ministerial-acquiring-authorities-inquiries-procedure-rules-1990",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Representatives of official bodies at inquiry",
  "text": "(1) An official body shall arrange for its representative to attend the inquiry if it has—\n(a) made an official case pursuant to rule 5; and\n(b) received, not later than 14 days before the date fixed for the holding of an inquiry, a written request for such attendance from the acquiring authority or from a statutory objector.\n(2) A person attending an inquiry as a representative in pursuance of this rule shall state the reasons in support of the official case in question and shall give evidence and be subject to cross-examination to the same extent as any other witness.\n(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) shall require a representative of an official body to answer any question which in the opinion of the inspector is directed to the merits of government policy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/512/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:25:07.194709+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."
}