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  "legislation": "nisr/2013/171",
  "legislation_title": "The Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse Rules (Northern Ireland) 2013",
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  "path": "article/12",
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  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Opening and closing statements",
  "text": "(1) The recognised legal representative of a core participant may, with the consent of the chairperson—\n(a) make an opening statement to the inquiry panel at the commencement of the first of any oral hearings, and\n(b) make a closing statement to the inquiry panel.\n(2) A core participant who does not have a recognised legal representative may, with the consent of the chairperson, make the opening and closing statements referred to in paragraph (1).",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/171/article/12",
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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."
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