Article 18 Applications: opportunity to be heard
Where—
(a)
an application is made under article 4(6), 13(8), 14(5) or 17(2),
(b)
a person claiming to have an interest in the material applies to be heard by the judge advocate, and
(c)
he shows that he was involved (whether alone or with others and whether directly or indirectly) in the Director’s attention being brought to the material,
the judge advocate must not make an order under article 4(6), 13(8), 14(5) or 17(2) (as the case may be) unless the person applying under sub-paragraph (b) has been given an opportunity to be heard.