{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-questions-and-replies-order-1977/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1977/842",
  "legislation_title": "The Race Relations (Questions and Replies) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/race-relations-questions-and-replies-order-1977",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Period for service of questions—tribunal cases",
  "text": "In proceedings before a tribunal, a question shall only be admissible as evidence in pursuance of section 65(2)(a) of the Act—\n(a) where it was served before a complaint had been presented to a tribunal, if it was so served within the period of three months beginning when the act complained of was done;\n(b) where it was served when a complaint had been presented to a tribunal, either if it was so served within the period of twenty-one days beginning with the day on which the complaint was presented or if it was so served later with leave given, and within a period specified, by a direction of a tribunal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/752",
      "affecting_title": "The Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/842/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:59:27.939329+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."
}