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Regulation 31 Court application for disclosure

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(1)

An application may be made to the court for permission—

(a)

to disclose sensitive safety information, or

(b)

for sensitive safety information to be disclosed.

(2)

An application made under paragraph (1) must identify the sensitive safety information which the person making the application wishes to disclose, or to be disclosed.

(3)

Before making an order under paragraph (1), the court must be satisfied—

(a)

that the disclosure of the sensitive safety information identified in the application will not—

(i)

disclose the identity of any person involved with the spaceflight accident, or

(ii)

damage the international relations of the United Kingdom, and

(b)

that the benefits of disclosing that information outweigh the adverse domestic and international consequences that disclosure of that information might have on the safety investigation to which the information relates or any future safety investigation.

(4)

The jurisdiction conferred by this regulation may be exercised by—

(a)

the High Court, or

(b)

in Scotland, the Court of Session.