http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/34/section/8/madeRace Relations (Amendment) Act 2000Race relationsImmigration and nationalityNational securityAsylumKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2021-08-03 Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000Blanket amendmentThe Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011art. 3 4art. 3(2)art. 3(3) 4(2) 6(4)(5)art. 2Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000Blanket amendmentThe Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011art. 3 6art. 3(2)art. 3(3) 4(2) 6(4)(5)art. 2 8 After section 67 of the 1976 Act there is inserted— 67A 1 Rules may make provision for enabling a court in which relevant proceedings have been brought, where it considers it expedient in the interests of national security— a to exclude from all or part of the proceedings— i the claimant; ii the claimant’s representatives; or iii the assessors (if any) appointed by virtue of section 67(4); b to permit a claimant or representative who has been excluded to make a statement to the court before the commencement of the proceedings, or the part of the proceedings, from which he is excluded; c to take steps to keep secret all or part of the reasons for its decision in the proceedings. 2 The Attorney General or, in Scotland, the Advocate General for Scotland, may appoint a person to represent the interests of a claimant in, or in any part of, any proceedings from which the claimant and his representatives are excluded by virtue of subsection (1). 3 A person appointed under subsection (2)— a if appointed for the purposes of proceedings in England and Wales, must have a general qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990); and b if appointed for the purposes of proceedings in Scotland, must be— i an advocate; or ii a solicitor who has by virtue of section 25A of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 rights of audience in the Court of Session or the High Court of Justiciary. 4 A person appointed under subsection (2) shall not be responsible to the person whose interests he is appointed to represent. 5 In this section— “relevant proceedings” means proceedings brought under this Act— in England and Wales, in a designated county court; or in Scotland, in a sheriff court; and “rules” has the same meaning as in section 65. 1990 c. 41. 1980 c. 46.