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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-application-to-the-armed-forces-order-2009/article-18",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/988",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Application to the Armed Forces) Order 2009",
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  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Applications: opportunity to be heard",
  "text": "Where—\n(a) an application is made under article 4(6), 13(8), 14(5) or 17(2),\n(b) a person claiming to have an interest in the material applies to be heard by the judge advocate, and\n(c) he shows that he was involved (whether alone or with others and whether directly or indirectly) in the Director’s attention being brought to the material,\nthe judge advocate must not make an order under article 4(6), 13(8), 14(5) or 17(2) (as the case may be) unless the person applying under sub-paragraph (b) has been given an opportunity to be heard.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/988/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:13:05.484921+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."
}