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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-into-historical-institutional-abuse-rules-northern-ireland-2013/article-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Evidence",
  "text": "(1) The inquiry panel must send a written request for a written statement to any person from whom the inquiry panel proposes to take evidence.\n(2) The inquiry panel must send a written request to any person that it wishes to produce any document or any other thing.\n(3) The inquiry panel may make a written request for further evidence, being either a written statement or oral evidence.\n(4) Any request for a written statement must include a description of the matters or issues to be covered in the statement.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2013/171/article/9",
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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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