{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-regulator-tribunal-rules-2005/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/690",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Regulator Tribunal Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-regulator-tribunal-rules-2005",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Exceptions to disclosure",
  "text": "(1) A list provided in accordance with rule 5(3)(a), 6(3) or 7(1) need not include any document in respect of which an application has been or is being made under paragraph (2).\n(2) A party may apply to the Tribunal (without giving notice to the other party) for a direction authorising that party not to include a document in the list required by rule 5(3)(a), 6(3) or 7(1) on the ground that disclosure of the document—\n(a) would not be in the public interest; or\n(b) would not be fair, having regard to—\n(i) the likely significance of the document to the applicant in relation to the matter referred to the tribunal; and\n(ii) the potential prejudice to the commercial interests of a person other than the applicant which would be caused by disclosure of the document.\n(3) For the purpose of deciding an application by a party under paragraph (2), the Tribunal may—\n(a) require that the document be produced to the Tribunal together with a statement of the reasons why it should not be included in the list; and\n(b) invite the other party to make representations.\n(4) If the Tribunal refuses an application under paragraph (2) for a direction authorising a party not to include a document in a list, it shall direct that party—\n(a) to revise the list so as to include the document; and\n(b) to file a copy of that list as revised and send a copy to the other party.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/22",
      "affecting_title": "The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/690/article/8",
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  },
  "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."
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