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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/deregulation-model-appeal-provisions-order-1996/schedule/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1678",
  "legislation_title": "The Deregulation (Model Appeal Provisions) Order 1996",
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  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Representations by interested persons",
  "text": "(1) The Registrar must as soon as practicable send to—\n(a) any person named by the appellant or the Authority as having a direct interest in the subject matter of the appeal, and\n(b) any other person whom the Chairman is satisfied has such a direct interest,\ncopies of the documents supplied by each party in relation to the appeal, together with an invitation to send written representations to the tribunal so that they are received before the end of a period of twenty one days beginning with the date of that invitation.\n(2) The Registrar must as soon as practiable send to each of the parties a copy of any representations received under this rule, together with an invitation to send written comments on them to the tribunal so that they are received before the end of the period of seven days beginning with the date of that invitation.\n(3) The tribunal must not decide the appeal before—\n(a) the end of the period allowed for making representations under paragraph (1), or\n(b) the end of any period allowed for making comments under paragraph (2),\nwhichever is the later.",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1678/schedule/paragraph/16",
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