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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-registration-appeals-rules-order-of-council-2005/schedule/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-registration-appeals-rules-order-of-council-2005/schedule/paragraph-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/1477",
  "legislation_title": "The General Optical Council (Registration Appeals Rules) Order of Council 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-optical-council-registration-appeals-rules-order-of-council-2005",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Advance provision of information",
  "text": "(1) This rule applies to—\n(a) copies of any statements or reports made by witnesses; and\n(b) copies of any documentary evidence,\nupon which a party intends to rely and which he agrees may be disclosed to the other party and to the Registration Appeals Committee in advance of the hearing.\n(2) No later than 14 days before the date fixed for the hearing, each party shall provide to the other the copies of documents to which this rule applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1477/schedule/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:58:12.778907+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."
}