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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-court-services-act-2000/section-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/43",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-court-services-act-2000",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Cross-examination of officers of the Service.",
  "text": "(1) An officer of the Service may, subject to rules of court, be cross-examined in any proceedings to the same extent as any witness.\n(2) But an officer of the Service may not be cross-examined merely because he is exercising a right to conduct litigation or a right of audience granted in accordance with section 15.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:22.078398+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."
}