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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-appeal-tribunal-rules-1998/article-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3036",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy Appeal Tribunal Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-appeal-tribunal-rules-1998",
  "path": "article/10",
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  "number": "10",
  "heading": "The hearing",
  "text": "(1) Except as provided in these Rules and the Act the procedure at the hearing shall be such as the President may determine and after consulting the other members of the tribunal if he thinks fit.\n(2) The tribunal shall sit in public unless the President determines that, in the interests of national security or on the ground of commercial confidentiality, the hearing or any part of it should be held in private.\n(3) The tribunal may at any time and from time to time adjourn the hearing.\n(4) Witnesses may be called by the Secretary of State, by the appellant and, with the leave of the tribunal, by any interested person.\n(5) Witnesses may be cross-examined by the Secretary of State, by the appellant and, with the leave of the tribunal, by any interested person.\n(6) Evidence shall be given orally provided that if the parties consent or the tribunal so direct, evidence may be given by affidavit.\n(7) The tribunal shall not be bound to reject evidence on the ground only that the evidence would be inadmissible in a court of law.\n(8) Whether or not the hearing is held in public, a member of the Council on Tribunals or its Scottish Committee is entitled to attend the hearing and may remain present during the deliberations of the tribunal, but must not take part in the deliberations.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3036/article/10",
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  },
  "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."
}