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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/smart-meter-communication-licensee-administration-england-and-wales-rules-2020/article-126",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/629",
  "legislation_title": "The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020",
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  "path": "article/126",
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  "number": "126",
  "heading": "Costs and expenses of witnesses",
  "text": "(1) An officer of the SMCL to which the SMCL administration proceedings relate is not to receive an allowance as a witness in an examination or other proceedings before the court except as directed by the court.\n(2) A person making any application in SMCL administration proceedings is not to receive an allowance as a witness for attending the hearing of the application, but the costs officer may allow that person’s expenses of travelling and subsistence.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/629/article/126",
    "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."
}