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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-rules-2006/article-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1838",
  "legislation_title": "The Inquiry Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Opening and closing statements",
  "text": "(1) The recognised legal representative of a core participant may—\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 make the opening and closing statements referred to in paragraph (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1838/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:26:05.271764+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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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