{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-immigration-appeals-commission-procedure-rules-2003/article-35",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1034",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-immigration-appeals-commission-procedure-rules-2003",
  "path": "article/35",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Functions of special advocate",
  "text": "The functions of a special advocate are to represent the interests of the appellant by—\n(a) making submissions to the Commission at any hearings from which the appellant and his representatives are excluded;\n(b) adducing evidence and cross-examining witnesses at any such hearings; and\n(c) making written submissions to the Commission.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 35(b) inserted (7.5.2007) by The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/1285), rules 1(1), 20 (with rule 35)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 35 in force at 1.4.2003, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1034/article/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:26:18.096850+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."
}