Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 5:30 pm ar 29 Tachwedd 2007.
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Prison Complaints: disclosure prejudicial to national security or contrary to public interest
‘(1) The Secretary of State may give a notice to the Commissioner stating that the disclosure of—
(a) any document or information specified in the notice, or
(b) any description of document or information so specified,
would, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, prejudice national security or would otherwise be contrary to the public interest.
(2) Nothing in this Part authorises or requires the Commissioner (or any member of the Commissioner’s staff) to disclose to any person or for any purpose any document or information covered by a current notice under subsection (1).’.—[Maria Eagle.]