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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-tribunal-conduct-of-investigations-rules-1988/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/351",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services Tribunal (Conduct of Investigations) Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-tribunal-conduct-of-investigations-rules-1988",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Methods of inquiry by the Tribunal",
  "text": "(1) As soon as practicable after the Tribunal has considered the subject matter of the investigation it shall notify the relevant authority and the applicant, or, if there is more than one applicant, each applicant, of the manner in which it proposes to conduct its inquiries and in particular whether oral evidence is to be taken.\n(2) The Tribunal shall give the relevant authority and the applicant, or, if there is more than one applicant, each applicant, fourteen days from the date of the notification referred to in paragraph (1) in which to make representations on the manner in which it proposes to conduct its inquiries and such representations may be made orally or in writing at the option of the relevant authority or the applicant or applicants.\n(3) After considering any representations that may be made under paragraph (2), the Tribunal shall notify the relevant authority and the applicant, or, if there is more than one applicant, each applicant, whether and, if so, in what respects it has decided to alter the manner in which it proposes to carry out its inquiries.\n(4) If, at any subsequent stage in its investigation, the Tribunal proposes to make any material change in the manner in which its inquiries are to be carried out it shall notify the relevant authority and the applicant or applicants and the provisions of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply accordingly.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/351/article/7",
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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."
}