# The Charity Tribunal Rules (Northern Ireland) 2010, Article 15: Exceptions to disclosure

Extent: N.I.

(1) A party is not required to allow for the inspection of any document in a list under these Rules where inspection could not be compelled in a civil trial in Northern Ireland.
(2) A party who can establish a ground in paragraph (3) may make a request to the Tribunal, without giving notice to any other party, for a direction under rule 3 authorising that party not to include a document in the list, or not to allow for the inspection of a document in the list, required by rule 18(4)(a), 19(3) or 20(1).
(3) A party making a request under paragraph (2) must state in that request that a document should not be included or inspected on the ground that it—
(a) would not be in the public interest;
(b) may be prejudicial to national security; or
(c) would not be fair having regard to the potential prejudice which may be caused to the legitimate interests of an appellant or a person other than an appellant.
(4) For the purpose of deciding a request by a party under paragraph (2), the Tribunal may—
(a) require that the document be produced to the Tribunal together with a statement of the reasons why it should not be included on a list or inspected as the case may be; and
(b) without disclosing the document, invite any other person to make representations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/77/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/charity-tribunal-rules-northern-ireland-2010/article-15
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