{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-tribunal-procedure-rules-1999/article-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-tribunal-procedure-rules-1999/article-11.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2131",
  "legislation_title": "Northern Ireland Act Tribunal (Procedure) Rules 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-tribunal-procedure-rules-1999",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Other party’s reply",
  "text": "(1) If the person proposing to rely on the certificate, where that person is not the Secretary of State, intends to argue that the certificate should be upheld–\n(a) he shall give the Tribunal written notice that this is the case; and\n(b) within 42 days after receiving a copy of the notice of appeal, he shall provide the Tribunal with a summary of the facts relating to the act specified in the certificate.\n(2) The clerk to the Tribunal shall send to the Secretary of State a copy of any material provided under paragraph (1)(b).\n(3) Where the Secretary of State objects to the material being disclosed to the appellant or his representative, he shall in a notice to the Tribunal–\n(a) state the reasons for his objection; and\n(b) if and to the extent that it is possible to do so without disclosing information contrary to the public interest, provide a statement of the material in a form which can be shown to the parties.\n(4) Where he makes an objection under paragraph (3), the Secretary of State shall make available to each special advocate, at the request of the clerk to the Tribunal, the material provided under paragraphs (1)(b) and (3).\n(5) Before requesting the Secretary of State to send this material to the special advocate, the clerk to the Tribunal shall enquire of each special advocate whether he has had an opportunity to communicate in accordance with rule 9(5) with the party whose interests he has been appointed to represent.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2131/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:13:58.979299+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."
}