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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-by-public-authorities-inquiries-procedure-scotland-rules-1998/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-by-public-authorities-inquiries-procedure-scotland-rules-1998/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2313",
  "legislation_title": "The Compulsory Purchase by Public Authorities (Inquiries Procedure) (Scotland) Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-by-public-authorities-inquiries-procedure-scotland-rules-1998",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Representatives of the Secretary of State or government departments at inquiry",
  "text": "(1) Where a government department has made a written representation or written statement as referred to in rule 5(2), any of the persons mentioned in rule 16(3) may, not later than 2 weeks before the date of the inquiry, apply in writing to the Secretary of State for a representative of the government department concerned to be made available at the inquiry.\n(2) The Secretary of State shall transmit an application made to him under paragraph (1) to the department concerned who shall make a representative of the department available to attend the inquiry.\n(3) A representative who, in pursuance of this rule, attends an inquiry shall state the reasons for the written representation or written statement in question and shall give evidence and be subject to cross-examination to the same extent as any other witness.\n(4) Nothing in this rule shall require a representative of a government department to answer any question which in the opinion of the reporter is directed to the merits of government policy and the reporter shall disallow any such question.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2313/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:18:27.964875+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."
}