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- rule. 4 words inserted by S.I. 1999/3195 rule. 3
- rule. 5(1)(2) words inserted by S.I. 1999/3195 rule. 4(a)
- rule. 5(7)(8) inserted by S.I. 1999/3195 rule. 4(b)
- rule. 18A inserted by S.I. 1999/3195 rule. 5
- rule. 20(1) substituted by S.I. 1999/3195 rule. 6
- rule. 21 words inserted by S.I. 1999/3195 rule. 7(c)
- rule. 21(a)(b) words substituted by S.I. 1999/3195 rule. 7(a)
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- rule 18A added by S.I. 1999/3195 rule 5
- rule 23(1A) inserted by S.I. 2006/760 rule 3(3)
- rule 23(1A) substituted by S.I. 2009/546 rule 3
- rule 23(1A) word substituted by S.I. 2019/638 Sch. 8 para. 14
- rule 23(1A) word substituted by S.I. 2020/1317 rule 5(2)
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18.—(1) [Evidence] Any statutory declaration or affidavit filed in any proceedings shall be made and subscribed as follows—
(a)in the United Kingdom, before any justice of the peace or any commissioner or other officer authorised by law in any part of the United Kingdom to administer an oath for the purpose of any legal proceedings;
(b)in any other part of Her Majesty’s dominions or in the Republic of Ireland, before any court, judge, justice of the peace or any officer authorised by law to administer an oath there for the purpose of any legal proceedings; and
(c)elsewhere, before a British Minister, or person exercising the functions of a British Minister, or a Consul, Vice-Consul or other person exercising the functions of a British Consul or before a notary public, judge or magistrate.
(2) Any document purporting to have fixed, impressed or subscribed thereto or thereon the seal or signature of any person authorised by paragraph (1) above to take a declaration may be admitted by the Comptroller without proof of the genuineness of the seal or signature or of the official character of the person or his authority to take the declaration.
(3) In England and Wales, the Comptroller shall, in relation to the giving of evidence (including evidence on oath), the attendance of witnesses and the discovery and production of documents, have all the powers of a judge of the High Court, other than the power to punish summarily for contempt of court.
(4) In Scotland, the Comptroller shall, in relation to the giving of evidence (including evidence on oath), have all the powers which a Lord Ordinary of the Court of Session has in an action before him, other than the power to punish summarily for contempt of court, and, in relation to the attendance of witnesses and the recovery and production of documents, have all the powers of the Court of Session.
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I1Rule 18 in force at 1.8.1989, see rule 1
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