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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pathogens-access-appeal-commission-procedure-rules-2002/article-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1845",
  "legislation_title": "The Pathogens Access Appeal Commission (Procedure) Rules 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pathogens-access-appeal-commission-procedure-rules-2002",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Secretary of State’s reply",
  "text": "(1) If the Secretary of State intends to oppose the appeal, he must within such time as the Commission may allow—\n(a) provide the Commission with a summary of the facts relating to the decision being appealed and the reasons for that decision;\n(b) inform the Commission of the grounds on which he opposes the appeal; and\n(c) provide the Commission with a statement of the evidence which he relies upon in support of those grounds.\n(2) Where the Secretary of State objects to material referred to in paragraph (1) being disclosed to the appellant or his representative, he must also—\n(a) state the reasons for his objection; and\n(b) if and to the extent it is possible to do so without making a disclosure which is contrary to the public interest, provide a statement of that material in a form which can be shown to the appellant.\n(3) Where paragraph (2) applies, the Secretary of State must make available to the special advocate, as soon as it is practicable to do so, the material which he has provided to the Commission under paragraphs (1) and (2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1845/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:52:32.149756+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."
}