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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-into-historical-institutional-abuse-rules-northern-ireland-2013/article-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2013/171",
  "legislation_title": "The Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse Rules (Northern Ireland) 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-into-historical-institutional-abuse-rules-northern-ireland-2013",
  "path": "article/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Interpretation and application",
  "text": "(1) Any requirement under these Rules that a document is given or sent to the inquiry or a member of the inquiry team is satisfied by that document being—\n(a) left at the inquiry’s designated postal address;\n(b) sent to the inquiry’s designated postal address by first class post;\n(c) faxed from the sender’s designated fax number to the inquiry’s designated fax number; or\n(d) subject to paragraph (2), sent by email.\n(2) A document may be sent by email from a person’s designated email address if the secretary to the inquiry has informed the person sending the email in writing—\n(a) that he is willing to accept documents sent by email;\n(b) of the email address to which the document must be sent; and\n(c) if the secretary to the inquiry specifies an electronic format for the purpose, the document must be sent in that format.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/171/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:10:21.953681+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."
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