Exclusion from public registers of information affecting national security
47.—(1) The appropriate authority may direct the regulator that in the interests of national security specified information or a specified description of information must be excluded from a public register.
(2) The regulator must notify the appropriate authority of any information it excludes from a public register pursuant to such a direction.
(3) The appropriate authority may direct the regulator that in the interests of national security a specified description of information must be referred to the authority for its determination before the information is included on a public register.
(4) A person may give a notice to the appropriate authority stating that in his opinion the inclusion of information on a public register would be contrary to the interests of national security.
(5) A notice under paragraph (4) must specify the information and indicate its apparent nature.
(6) A person giving a notice under paragraph (4) must at the same time notify the regulator.
(7) The regulator must not include information notified under paragraph (4) on a public register unless the appropriate authority determines that it may be included.