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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-rules-2006/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1838",
  "legislation_title": "The Inquiry Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/inquiry-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Core participants",
  "text": "(1) The chairman may designate a person as a core participant at any time during the course of the inquiry, provided that person consents to being so designated.\n(2) In deciding whether to designate a person as a core participant, the chairman must in particular consider whether—\n(a) the person played, or may have played, a direct and significant role in relation to the matters to which the inquiry relates;\n(b) the person has a significant interest in an important aspect of the matters to which the inquiry relates; or\n(c) the person may be subject to explicit or significant criticism during the inquiry proceedings or in the report, or in any interim report.\n(3) A person ceases to be a core participant on—\n(a) the date specified by the chairman in writing; or\n(b) the end of the inquiry.",
  "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/5",
    "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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}