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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-meter-communication-licensee-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2020/article-114",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/629",
  "legislation_title": "The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-meter-communication-licensee-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2020",
  "path": "article/114",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "114",
  "heading": "Directions; adjournment of hearings",
  "text": "(1) The court may at any time give such directions as it thinks just as to—\n(a) service or notice of the application on or to any other person;\n(b) whether the application is to be served and generally the procedure on the application including whether a hearing is necessary;\n(c) the matters, if any, to be dealt with in evidence; and\n(d) the manner in which any evidence is to be provided and in particular as to—\n(i) the taking of evidence wholly or partly by witness statement or orally;\n(ii) any report to be made by the SMCL administrator; and\n(iii) the cross-examination of the maker of a witness statement or of a report.\n(2) The court may adjourn the hearing of an application on such terms as it thinks just.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/629/article/114",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:29:12.067094+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."
}