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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-army-and-royal-air-force-evidence-rules-2006/article-22",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2889",
  "legislation_title": "The Courts-Martial (Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force) (Evidence) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-martial-royal-navy-army-and-royal-air-force-evidence-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/22",
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  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Decision of the judge advocate",
  "text": "(1) The judge advocate may—\n(a) determine any application made under rule 16 and rules 18 to 21 without a hearing; or\n(b) direct a hearing of any application.\n(2) The court administration officer shall notify all the parties of the judge advocate’s decision as soon as reasonably practicable.\n(3) If a hearing of an application is to take place, the court administration officer shall notify each party to the proceedings of the time and place of the hearing.\n(4) A judge advocate may hear and take into account representations made to him by any person who in the judge advocate’s view has a legitimate interest in the application before it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2889/article/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:17:05.180401+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."
}