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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-rules-2006/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1838",
  "legislation_title": "The Inquiry Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) Any requirement under these Rules that a document is given or sent to any person by a member of the inquiry team is satisfied by that document being—\n(a) delivered in person;\n(b) left at the person’s designated postal address;\n(c) sent to the person’s designated postal address by first class post;\n(d) faxed to the person’s designated fax number; or\n(e) subject to paragraph (2), sent by email.\n(2) A document may be sent by email to a person’s designated email address if the person has informed the secretary to the inquiry in writing that he is willing to accept documents sent email.",
  "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/3",
    "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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}