The Smart Meter Communication Licensee Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2020

Record of examination

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154.—(1) Unless the court otherwise directs, the record of questions put to the respondent, the respondent’s answers, and any witness statement delivered to the court by the respondent in compliance with an order of the court under section 236 are not to be filed with the court.

(2) The documents listed in paragraph (3) are not open to inspection without the permission of the court, except by the SMCL administrator.

(3) The documents are—

(a)the written record of the respondent’s examination;

(b)copies of questions put to the respondent or proposed to be put to the respondent and answers to questions given by the respondent;

(c)any witness statement by the respondent; and

(d)any document on the court file that shows the grounds for the application for the order.

(4) The court may from time to time give directions as to the custody and inspection of any documents to which this Rule applies, and as to the provision of copies of, or extracts from, such documents.