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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-tribunal-rules-1974/article-11",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/1136",
  "legislation_title": "The Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal Rules 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/plant-varieties-and-seeds-tribunal-rules-1974",
  "path": "article/11",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Representation and procedure at hearing",
  "text": "(1) The Controller, the appellant and any other person entitled to appear and be heard may do so in person, by counsel or solicitor, or by a representative appointed in writing.\n(2) At the hearing the appellant or, if more than one, such of the appellants as the tribunal may direct shall begin and the other parties shall be heard in such order as the tribunal may determine.\n(3) Subject to the provisions of these Rules and to any direction given by the chairman, the procedure at the hearing shall be such as the tribunal may direct.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/1136/article/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:30:32.627448+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."
}