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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-knife-crime-prevention-orders-rules-2020/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/210",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates’ Courts (Knife Crime Prevention Orders) Rules 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-knife-crime-prevention-orders-rules-2020",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Introduction of hearsay evidence",
  "text": "(1) In the proceedings to which these Rules apply, rules 3, 4 and 5 of the Magistrates’ Courts (Hearsay Evidence in Civil Proceedings) Rules 1999 apply with the following adaptations.\n(2) A notice of hearsay evidence under rule 3 of the 1999 Rules (hearsay notices) must be served—\n(a) no later than 5 business days before the hearing at which that evidence is introduced; or\n(b) within such other period as the court directs.\n(3) An application to which rule 4 or rule 5 of the 1999 Rules applies (power to call witness for cross-examination on hearsay evidence; credibility and previous inconsistent statements) must be served as soon as reasonably practicable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/681, amended by S.I. 2005/617."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/210/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:33:06.016525+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}