# The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Regulation 40: Sensitive information – certificates in relation to national security

Extent: S

(1) A certificate signed by a member of the Scottish Executive certifying that disclosure of information to the public would adversely affect national security is conclusive evidence of that fact.
(2) A certificate under paragraph (1) may be given in relation to specific information or to information of a specified kind and may be expressed to have prospective effect.
(3) A document purporting to be a certificate under paragraph (1) shall be received in evidence and deemed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved.
(4) A document which purports to be certified by or on behalf of a member of the Scottish Executive as a true copy of a certificate issued by a member of the Scottish Executive under paragraph (1) shall in any legal proceedings be sufficient evidence (or in England and Wales evidence) of that certificate.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/494/regulation/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-contingencies-act-2004-contingency-planning-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-40
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