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79.26.—(1) Where [F3the appropriate Minister] [F4applies] in accordance with rule 79.25 for permission to withhold closed material the court will fix a hearing for [F3the appropriate Minister] and the special advocate to make oral representations, unless—
(a)the special advocate gives notice to the court that the special advocate does not challenge the application;
(b)the court—
(i)has previously considered an application for permission to withhold the same or substantially the same material; and
(ii)is satisfied that it would be just to give permission without a hearing; or
(c)[F3the appropriate Minister] and the special advocate consent to the court deciding the issue without a hearing.
(2) If the special advocate does not challenge the application, the special advocate must give notice of that fact to the court and to [F3the appropriate Minister]—
(a)within 14 days after [F3the appropriate Minister] [F5serves] on the special advocate the material under rule 79.25(2); or
(b)within such other period as the court may direct.
(3) Where the court fixes a hearing under paragraph (1)—
(a)the special advocate may file with the court and serve on [F3the appropriate Minister] a reply to [F6the appropriate Minister’s] application;
(b)[F3the appropriate Minister] may file with the court and serve on the special advocate a response to the special advocate’s reply; and
(c)[F3the appropriate Minister] and the special advocate must file with the court at least 7 days before the hearing a schedule identifying the issues which cannot be agreed between them and which must—
(i)give brief reasons for their contentions on each issue in dispute; and
(ii)set out any proposals for the court to resolve the issues in dispute.
(4) A hearing under this rule must take place in the absence of the specially represented party and that party’s legal representative.
(5) The court will give permission to [F3the appropriate Minister] to withhold closed material where it considers that disclosure of that material would be contrary to the public interest.
(6) Where the court gives permission to [F3the appropriate Minister] to withhold closed material, the court will—
(a)consider whether to direct [F3the appropriate Minister] to serve a summary of that material on the specially represented party or that party’s legal representative; but
(b)ensure that such a summary does not contain material, the disclosure of which would be contrary to the public interest.
(7) Where the court does not give permission to [F3the appropriate Minister] to withhold closed material from, or directs [F3the appropriate Minister] to serve a summary of that material on, the specially represented party or that party’s legal representative—
(a)[F3the appropriate Minister] [F7is] not required to serve that material or summary; but
(b)if [F8the appropriate Minister does] not do so, at a hearing on notice, the court may—
(i)where it considers that the material or anything that is required to be summarised might adversely affect [F9the appropriate Minister’s] case or supports the case of the specially represented party, direct that [F3the appropriate Minister] must not rely on such material in [F10the appropriate Minister’s] case, or must make such concessions or take such other steps, as the court may specify; or
(ii)in any other case, direct that [F3the appropriate Minister] [F11does] not rely on the material or (as the case may be) on that which is required to be summarised.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 79 inserted (4.12.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/3085), rule 1, Sch.
F2Words in rule 79.26 heading substituted (1.3.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/147), rules 1, 3(19)(a)
F3Words in rule 79.26 substituted (1.3.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/147), rules 1, 3(19)(b)
F4Word in rule 79.26(1) substituted (1.3.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/147), rules 1, 3(19)(c)
F5Word in rule 79.26(2)(a) substituted (1.3.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/147), rules 1, 3(19)(d)
F6Words in rule 79.26(3)(a) substituted (1.3.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/147), rules 1, 3(19)(e)
F7Word in rule 79.26(7)(a) substituted (1.3.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/147), rules 1, 3(19)(f)(i)
F8Words in rule 79.26(7)(b) substituted (1.3.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/147), rules 1, 3(19)(f)(ii)(aa)
F9Words in rule 79.26(7)(b) substituted (1.3.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/147), rules 1, 3(19)(f)(ii)(bb)
F10Words in rule 79.26(7)(b) substituted (1.3.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/147), rules 1, 3(19)(f)(ii)(cc)
F11Word in rule 79.26(7)(b) substituted (1.3.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/147), rules 1, 3(19)(f)(ii)(dd)
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