Deregulation (Model Appeal Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Publication of notice of hearings

23.—(1) The Registrar must publish a list of all appeals for which an oral hearing is to be held and of the time and place fixed for each hearing. Publication may be in such manner as the Chairman may direct, taking into account the need for transparency, the importance of each appeal and the degree of public interest in each appeal.

(2) The Registrar must, subject to paragraph (3), make available on request the material supplied by each party in relation to each appeal for which an oral hearing is to be held.

(3) Where any material supplied by either party contains any matter which is confidential, the party may request that for that reason it is not made available under this rule, or is made available in an amended form, and in such a case the material must be made available to such extent and in such form as the Chairman thinks appropriate, and the Chairman may make such deletions from any material as may be necessary for the purposes of complying with this paragraph.

(4) For the purposes of this rule, a matter is confidential if—

(a) it relates to intimate personal or financial circumstances, is commercially sensitive, or consists of information communicated or obtained in confidence; or

(b) its disclosure would be contrary to the interests of national security.

(5) This rule does not affect any duty of confidentiality imposed by or under any other enactment or by any rule of law.