{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-disciplinary-proceedings-rules-2019/article-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-disciplinary-proceedings-rules-2019/article-31.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1185",
  "legislation_title": "The Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-disciplinary-proceedings-rules-2019",
  "path": "article/31",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Interpreters and Translators",
  "text": "(1) If any witness , applicant or respondent requires the assistance of an interpreter to participate in a hearing the Tribunal must be notified of this fact by the party requiring the interpreter when sending the list of witnesses.\n(2) Where a witness statement has been translated from a language other than English it must be accompanied by a Statement confirming—\n(a) the language in which the original witness statement was made; and\n(b) that the translator has translated the witness statement into English to the best of the translator’s skill and understanding.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 31(1) inserted (25.5.2020) by The Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) (Amendment) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/462), rules 1(2), 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 31 in force at 25.11.2019, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1185/article/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:38:07.129208+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."
}