9.—(1) Where, pursuant to any provision specified in paragraph (2), a relevant authority or the Secretary of State (as the case may be) has decided not to publish a notice of a kind mentioned in that provision on the grounds that it is not in the public or defence interest that the information contained in it should be disclosed, any part of the documents mentioned in regulations 7(3) and 8(1) and (2) that relates to such information shall not be open to inspection by members of the public.
(2) The provisions mentioned in paragraph (1) are—
(a)regulation 9(4) of the Access to the Countryside (Exclusions and Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2003(1) (consultation on proposals for long-term exclusions or restrictions);
(b)regulation 15(2) of those Regulations (consultation on reviews by relevant authorities of directions excluding or restricting access on a long-term basis); and
(c)regulation 16(2) of those Regulations (consultation on reviews by the Secretary of State of directions excluding or restricting access on a long-term basis).
S.I. 2003/2713, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.