{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-tribunal-procedure-rules-1999/article-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-ireland-act-tribunal-procedure-rules-1999/article-19.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/19",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Evidence",
  "text": "(1) In any proceedings on an appeal, the evidence of witnesses may be given either–\n(a) orally, before the tribunal; or\n(b) in writing, in which case it shall be given in such a manner and at such time as the Tribunal has directed.\n(2) The Tribunal may receive evidence in documentary or any other form.\n(3) The Tribunal may also receive evidence that would not be admissible in proceedings, before any court, to which the strict rules of evidence apply.\n(4) No person shall be compelled to give evidence or produce a document which he could not be compelled to give or produce on the trial of an action in the High Court.\n(5) Every party shall be entitled to adduce evidence and to cross-examine witnesses during any part of the hearing of the appeal from which he and his representative are not excluded.\n(6) The Tribunal may require a witness to give evidence on oath.",
  "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/19",
    "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."
}