{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/article-87",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007/article-87.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3291",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-rules-2007",
  "path": "article/87",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "87",
  "heading": "Evidence in proceedings before the comptroller",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (5), evidence filed under this Part may be given—\n(a) by witness statement, statement of case, affidavit, statutory declaration; or\n(b) in any other form which would be admissible as evidence in proceedings before the court.\n(2) A witness statement or a statement of case may only be given in evidence if it includes a statement of truth.\n(3) Evidence is to be by witness statement unless the comptroller directs or any enactment requires otherwise.\n(4) A witness statement, affidavit or statutory declaration must comply with the requirements of Part 1 of Schedule 2, unless the comptroller otherwise directs.\n(5) For the purposes of this Part a statement of truth must be dated and signed by—\n(a) in the case of a witness statement, the person making the statement; and\n(b) in any other case, the party or his legal representative.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3291/article/87",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:40:58.093437+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."
}