Production of documents: discovery follows civil procedure rules and summonses must specify relevancy and proper departmental addressee. Rule 73 makes the civil procedure framework for discovery applicable, requires plain-paper applications that list the documents sought and their relevancy and, where certified copies suffice, state prior requests to the proper officer and results; summonses for documents in the custody of public officers must be addressed to the head of the department or other authority as specified by the tribunal.
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Production of documents: discovery follows civil procedure rules and summonses must specify relevancy and proper departmental addressee.
Rule 73 makes the civil procedure framework for discovery applicable, requires plain-paper applications that list the documents sought and their relevancy and, where certified copies suffice, state prior requests to the proper officer and results; summonses for documents in the custody of public officers must be addressed to the head of the department or other authority as specified by the tribunal.
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