Regulation 7 Supplementary provisions about offences

Proceedings for an offence under section 80(3) of the Act alleged to have been committed outside the United Kingdom may be taken, and the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed, in any place in the United Kingdom.

In addition and without prejudice to any powers which a court may possess to order the exclusion of the public from any proceedings, the court may, upon application by the prosecution in the course of proceedings for an offence under section 80(3) of the Act, order all or any portion of the public to be excluded during any part of the hearing if it considers that the publication of any evidence to be given or of any statement to be made in the course of the hearing would be prejudicial to national security; but the passing of sentence shall in any case take place in public.

In proceedings for an offence under section 80(3) of the Act relating to the disclosure of information, it shall not be necessary to prove that, at the time of the disclosure, the information had not been made available to the general public as provided in regulation 3(3) unless the defence adduces evidence to the contrary.