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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-proscribed-organisations-appeal-commission-procedure-rules-2007/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-proscribed-organisations-appeal-commission-procedure-rules-2007/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110762470",
  "legislation_title": "The Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission (Procedure) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-proscribed-organisations-appeal-commission-procedure-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Special advocate: communicating about proceedings",
  "text": "(1) The special advocate may communicate with the appellant or his representative at any time before the Secretary of State serves closed material on him.\n(2) After the Secretary of State serves closed material on the special advocate, the special advocate must not communicate with any person about the proceedings, except in accordance with paragraph (3) or (6)(b) or directions of the Commission pursuant to a request under paragraph (4).\n(3) The special advocate may, without directions from the Commission, communicate about the proceedings with—\n(a) the Commission;\n(b) the Secretary of State or any person acting for him;\n(c) the relevant law officer or any person acting for him;\n(d) any other person, except for the appellant or his representative, with whom it is necessary for administrative purposes for the special advocate to communicate about matters not connected with the substance of the proceedings.\n(4) The special advocate may request directions from the Commission authorising him to communicate with the appellant or his representative or with any other person.\n(5) Where the special advocate makes a request under paragraph (4)—\n(a) the Commission must notify the Secretary of State of the request; and\n(b) the Secretary of State must, within such time as the Commission directs, file with the Commission and serve on the special advocate notice of any objection which he has to the proposed communication, or to the form in which it is proposed to be made.\n(6) Paragraph (2) does not prohibit the appellant from communicating with the special advocate after the Secretary of State has served closed material on him, but—\n(a) the appellant may only communicate with the special advocate through a representative in writing; and\n(b) the special advocate must not reply to the communication otherwise than in accordance with directions of the Commission, except that he may without such directions send a written acknowledgment of receipt to the appellant’s representative.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110762470/article/10",
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  },
  "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."
}