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Parliament Act 2025

Parliamentary privilege - Other provisions relating to parliamentary privilege - Members and officers in court or tribunal proceedings

37: Service of exemption certificate or order

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"Giving copies of exemption certificates to people involved in a court case"

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If you get an exemption certificate or order, you must give a copy to the plaintiff or prosecutor. You also need to give a copy to all other parties involved in the court case. You can do this by serving the copies or taking all reasonable steps to serve them, as stated in section 34, 35, or 36.

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Other provisions relating to parliamentary privilege: Members and officers in court or tribunal proceedings

37Service of exemption certificate or order

  1. A person to whom an exemption certificate, an exemption order, or an interim exemption certificate is granted under section 34, 35, or 36 must serve, or take all reasonable steps to serve, copies of the certificate or order on the plaintiff or prosecutor and all other parties to the proceedings to which the certificate or order relates.