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I am sure that they can take more than 13A. However try telling that to people and you are heading for trouble.
It is much simpler to say 'a double socket can take a maximum load of 13A indefinitely' than 'it can take 20A for an unspecified time between 4 and 8 hours'.
I'm happy to run a socket with more than a 13A load but I wouldn't tell a client / customer that.
Neither can I tell you the page number as I don't want to spend £260 on a copy of the standard to check.