Section 191A Exclusion from registers of information affecting national security.F1C1
England and Wales
No information shall be included in a register kept or maintained by the F2appropriate agency under any provision of this Act if and so long as, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the inclusion in such a register of that information, or information of that description, would be contrary to the interests of national security.
The Secretary of State may, for the purpose of securing the exclusion from registers of information to which subsection (1) above applies, give to the appropriate agency directions—
specifying information, or descriptions of information, to be excluded from their registers; or
specifying descriptions of information to be referred to the Secretary of State for his determination;
and no information referred to the Secretary of State in pursuance of paragraph (b) above shall be included in any such register until the Secretary of State determines that it should be so included.
The appropriate agency shall notify the Secretary of State of any information it excludes from a register in pursuance of directions under subsection (2) above.
A person may, as respects any information which appears to him to be information to which subsection (1) above may apply, give a notice to the Secretary of State specifying the information and indicating its apparent nature; and, if he does so—
he shall notify the appropriate agency that he has done so; and
no information so notified to the Secretary of State shall be included in any such register until the Secretary of State has determined that it should be so included.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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S. 191A inserted (21.11.1996 for certain purposes and 31.12.1996 otherwise) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 170 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/2909, arts. 2, 3 (subject to saving provisions in art. 4)
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Words in ss. 189-197 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 299 (with Sch. 7)
Modifications
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S. 191A applied (with modifications) (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1998/2746, reg. 14(3)
Notes on Registers etc. to be kept by the appropriate agency
Textual amendments
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Words in s. 189 cross-heading substituted (1.4.2013) by The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 299 (with Sch. 7)