Section 13 Sensitive materialI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The Secretary of State may exclude material to which subsection (2) applies from—

(a)

draft reasons consulted on under section 3 (2)(b) (including as applied by section 5 (2)), or

(b)

anything required to be published under this Part.

(2)

This subsection applies to material the disclosure or publication of which the Secretary of State considers—

(a)

would be likely to prejudice the commercial interests of any person, or

(b)

would be contrary to the interests of national security.

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