{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-licensing-appeals-hearings-procedure-rules-1974/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/2040",
  "legislation_title": "The Health and Safety Licensing Appeals (Hearings Procedure) Rules 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-licensing-appeals-hearings-procedure-rules-1974",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Appearances at hearing",
  "text": "(1) The parties shall be entitled to appear at the hearing.\n(2) Any other person may appear at the discretion of the appointed person provided that he has, not later than 7 days before the date of the hearing, served on the licensing authority a statement of his proposed submissions; and the licensing authority shall send a copy of any such statement duly served on it to the appointed person and to the appellant.\n(3) A body corporate may appear by its clerk or secretary or by any other officer appointed for the purpose by that body, or by counsel or solicitor; and any other person may appear on his own behalf or be represented by counsel, solicitor or any other person.\n(4) Where there are two or more persons having a similar interest in the subject matter of the hearing, the appointed person may allow one or more persons to appear for the benefit of some or all persons so interested.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/1637",
      "affecting_title": "The Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/1637",
      "affecting_title": "The Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/2040/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:20:14.064994+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."
}