Court of Appeal (Appeals from Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission) Rules 2002
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2002/1843 |
| Year | 2002 |
2002 No. 1843 (L.7)
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES
The Court of Appeal (Appeals from Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission) Rules 2002
Made 16th July 2002
Coming into force 23th July 2002
Whereas a draft of these Rules has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament;
Now, therefore, the Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Terrorism Act 20001, hereby makes the following Rules:
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Court of Appeal (Appeals from Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission) Rules 2002.
(2) These Rules shall come into force on the expiry of one week beginning with the day on which they are made.
(3) These Rules shall not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.
Interpretation
2. In these Rules “the court” means the Court of Appeal.
Application of these Rules
3. These Rules apply to any appeal to the court from a determination by the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission of an appeal under section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2000 or proceedings under section 7(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 19982.
Non-disclosure of certain information and exclusion of parties
4.—(1) The court must secure that information is not disclosed contrary to the interests of national security, the international relations of the United Kingdom, the detection and prevention of crime, or in any other circumstances when disclosure is contrary to the public interest.
(2) In particular, the court may order the exclusion of any party, including that party’s representative, from all or part of the proceedings before the court.
(3) The power conferred by paragraph (2) does not apply to the Secretary of State or his representative.
Irvine of Lairg, C.
C.
16th July 2002
(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules apply to proceedings before the Court of Appeal on an appeal from the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission (“the Commission”).
The Secretary of State may, where he believes that an organisation is concerned with terrorism, proscribe that organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000 (“the Act”) by adding it to Schedule 2 of that Act. Where an organisation’s application to the Secretary of State, under section 4 of the Act, to be removed from...
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