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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-life-sentence-commissioners-rules-2001/article-19",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2001/0337011125",
  "legislation_title": "The Life Sentence Commissioners' Rules 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-life-sentence-commissioners-rules-2001",
  "path": "article/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Witnesses",
  "text": "(1) Where a party wishes to call witnesses at the hearing, he shall make a written application to the Commissioners, a copy of which he shall serve on the other party, not less than 12 weeks before the date of the hearing, giving the name, address and occupation of the witness he wishes to call and the substance of the evidence he proposes to adduce.\n(2) The Chairman of the Panel may grant or refuse an application under paragraph (1) and shall communicate within 7 days his decision to both parties, giving reasons in writing, in the case of a refusal, for his decision.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2001/0337011125/article/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:41:43.831159+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."
}