{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-proscribed-organisations-appeal-commission-procedure-rules-2007/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-proscribed-organisations-appeal-commission-procedure-rules-2007/article-2.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/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules—\n“the 1998 Act” means the Human Rights Act 1998;\n“the 2000 Act” means the Terrorism Act 2000;\n“appellant” includes the designated person, except—\n(i) in the definition of “special advocate” in this rule;\n(ii) in rule 7;\n(iii) in relation to the second reference to it in rule 9(2);\n(iv) in rule 9(3);\n(v) in relation to the first reference to it in rule 9(5);\n(vi) in rule 33(1);\n“chairman” means the chairman of the Commission;\n“closed material” means—\n(i) material upon which the Secretary of State wishes to rely in any proceedings before the Commission; or\n(ii) information which he is required to file pursuant to a direction under rule 13(5);\nbut which he objects to disclosing to the appellant or his representative;\n“Commission” means the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission;\n“designated person” means the person designated under rule 8;\n“organisation” means an organisation—\n(i) which is listed in Schedule 2 to the 2000 Act or which operates under the same name as an organisation which is so listed; or\n(ii) in respect of which the Secretary of State has made an order under section 3(6) of that Act that a name not specified in that Schedule is to be treated as another name for that organisation;\n“representative” means a person representing the appellant in accordance with rule 33;\n“special advocate” means a person appointed under paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the 2000 Act to represent the interests of the appellant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c.42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 3(6) was inserted by section 22(1) and (2) of the Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110762470/article/2",
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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."
}