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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-rules-2006/article-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-rules-2006/article-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1838",
  "legislation_title": "The Inquiry Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Warning letters",
  "text": "(1) The chairman may send a warning letter to any person—\n(a) he considers may be, or who has been, subject to criticism in the inquiry proceedings; or\n(b) about whom criticism may be inferred from evidence that has been given during the inquiry proceedings; or\n(c) who may be subject to criticism in the report, or any interim report.\n(2) The recipient of a warning letter may disclose it to his recognised legal representative.\n(3) The inquiry panel must not include any explicit or significant criticism of a person in the report, or in any interim report, unless—\n(a) the chairman has sent that person a warning letter; and\n(b) the person has been given a reasonable opportunity to respond to the warning letter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1838/article/13",
    "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."
  }
}