Article 4 General duty of Commission

When exercising its functions, the Commission must secure that information is not disclosed contrary to the interests of national security, the international relations of the United Kingdom or the detection and prevention of crime, or in any other circumstances where disclosure is contrary to the public interest.

Where these Rules require information not to be disclosed contrary to the public interest, that requirement must be construed in accordance with paragraph (1).

Subject to paragraphs (1) and (2), the Commission must satisfy itself that the material available to it enables it properly to determine the appeal, proceedings or application in question.