Schedule 3: the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission
Paragraphs 1–3
97.These paragraphs provide that the officers of the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission (“POAC”) will be appointed by the Lord Chancellor and that he will be responsible for their remuneration.
Paragraphs 4–5
98.These paragraphs set out the Commission’s sitting arrangements and the areas in which the Lord Chancellor may make rules governing POAC’s proceedings.
Paragraphs 6–7
99.These paragraphs set out arrangements for designating an individual with the locus to represent an organisation, and a person to represent the interests of the organisation, or other applicant who is appealing, for any parts of the proceedings from which they and their legal advisers are excluded by the Commission (by virtue of one of the rules made under paragraph 5).
Paragraph 8
100.This paragraph provides that section 9(1) of the Interception of Communications Act 1985 (c. 56), which bars intercept material evidence from being used in proceedings, will not apply for POAC proceedings. It goes on to stipulate that such material must not be disclosed to the organisation or other applicant, or their legal representatives.
