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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-industry-designated-codes-appeals-to-the-competition-and-markets-authority-regulations-2017/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2017/9780111153871",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Industry Designated Codes (Appeals to the Competition and Markets Authority) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-water-industry-designated-codes-appeals-to-the-competition-and-markets-authority-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Written statements",
  "text": "(1) The CMA or an authorised member of the CMA may by notice require a person to produce a written statement to the CMA, or to the CMA group determining an appeal, with respect to a matter specified in the notice.\n(2) The power to require the production of a written statement includes power—\n(a) to specify the time and place at which it is to be produced;\n(b) to require it to be verified by a statement of truth.\n(3) A written statement which is required to be verified by a statement of truth in accordance with paragraph (2)(b) must be disregarded unless it is so verified.\n(4) No person is to be compelled under this regulation to produce a written statement with respect to any matter about which that person could not be compelled to give evidence in civil proceedings in the High Court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111153871/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:06:57.023418+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."
}