# The Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004, Regulation 12: Ministerial certificates


(1) The Scottish Ministers may, for the purposes of regulation 10, certify that making environmental information available would, or would be likely to, prejudice substantially national security; and such a certificate is conclusive of that fact.
(2) A certificate under this regulation may identify the information to which it applies by means of a general description and may be expressed to have prospective effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/520/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-information-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-12
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