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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-proscribed-organisations-appeal-commission-procedure-rules-2007/article-11",
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  "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/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Directions hearing",
  "text": "(1) The Commission must, unless it orders otherwise, fix a directions hearing as soon as reasonably practicable after notice of appeal is filed under rule 7, at which the parties and their representatives, and any special advocate, may be present.\n(2) At a directions hearing the Commission may give directions as to the order in which, and the time within which, the following documents are to be filed and served—\n(a) the statement to be made by the Secretary of State under rule 12(1);\n(b) any statement to be filed and served by the appellant under rule 13(1);\n(c) any application to be made by the appellant or the special advocate under rule 13(3);\n(d) any statement to be filed and served by the Secretary of State under rule 13(2) or (6);\n(e) closed material, to be served by the Secretary of State on the special advocate under rule 12(3), 13(6)(a) or 14(2);\n(f) any reply by the special advocate under rule 15(4)(a) to an objection or application by the Secretary of State under rule 15(1);\n(g) any response by the Secretary of State under rule 15(4)(b) to the special advocate’s reply;\n(h) any skeleton arguments on behalf of the parties and the special advocate.\n(3) The Commission may also give directions as to the date of—\n(a) any hearing under rule 15; and\n(b) the hearing of the appeal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110762470/article/11",
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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."
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