The Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (Restrictions on Disclosure of Information in relation to National Security etc.) Order 2015

Restrictions on disclosure of information relating to flood plans by relevant persons

8.—(1) If the Secretary of State is of the opinion that publication of a flood plan or any information contained in or relating to it would be contrary to the interests of national security, the Secretary of State may serve on a relevant person a notice (“a non-publication notice”) requiring the person not to publish (or not to publish except as may be specified in the notice)—

(a) the flood plan;

(b) any review or update of the plan; or

(c) any information contained in or relating to the plan (or any review or update of it).

(2) The non-publication notice may—

(a) require the person on whom it is served to prevent access by any other person to—

(i) the flood plan;

(ii) any review or update of the plan; or

(iii) any information referred to in paragraph (1)(c),

to which the notice applies, except as may be specified in the notice; and

(b) specify requirements as to the storage of the plan in the interests of national security.

(3) The non-publication notice must—

(a) be in writing;

(b) specify the information to which it relates; and

(c) state whether article 9 applies to any of that information and, if so, which information.