# The Crown Office (Preparation and Authentication of Documents Rules) Order 1988, Article 4: Paper or parchment


Except where the Lord Chancellor, thinking it more convenient that a particular document should be prepared on the material employed for such documents at any earlier time, has so directed, all the documents specified in Part I of Schedule 1 shall be prepared on parchment, those specified in Part II may be prepared on paper or parchment, and those specified in Part III shall be prepared on paper.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1162/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crown-office-preparation-and-authentication-of-documents-rules-order-1988/article-4
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