PART 5Public registers
Exclusion from public registers of information affecting national security47.
(1)
The appropriate authority may direct the regulator that in the interests of national security specified information or information of a specified description must be excluded from a public register.
(2)
The regulator must notify the appropriate authority of any information (other than information relating to a radioactive substances activity) that 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 information of a specified description—
(a)
must be referred to the authority for its determination as to whether or not the information may be included on a public register, and
(b)
must not be included on a public register unless the appropriate authority determines that it may be included.
(4)
A person may give a notice to the appropriate authority stating that, in the person's 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.