{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/design-right-proceedings-before-comptroller-rules-1989/article-18A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/design-right-proceedings-before-comptroller-rules-1989/article-18A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1130",
  "legislation_title": "The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/design-right-proceedings-before-comptroller-rules-1989",
  "path": "article/18A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18A",
  "heading": "General",
  "text": "Any witness statement filed under these Rules shall—\n(a) be a written statement signed and dated by a person which contains the evidence which the person signing it would be allowed to give orally; and\n(b) include a statement by the intended witness that he believes the facts in it are true.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 18A inserted (22.12.1999) by The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) (Amendment) Rules 1999 (S.I. 1999/3195), rules 1(1), 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1130/article/18A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:41:21.905642+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."
}