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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-inquiries-procedure-rules-2007/article-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3617",
  "legislation_title": "The Compulsory Purchase (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/compulsory-purchase-inquiries-procedure-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/13",
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  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Representation of government departments at inquiry",
  "text": "(1) Where a government department (other than the department of a Minister who is the acquiring authority) has made a statement or representation in writing in support of the order or the draft order and the acquiring authority has included that statement in its statement of case, a representative of the department concerned shall be made available to attend the inquiry.\n(2) Such a representative shall at the inquiry state the reasons for the view expressed by his department 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 a government department to answer any question which in the opinion of the inspector is directed to the merits of government policy.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3617/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:38:21.828063+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."
}