http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/3/section/87/2006-04-18Equality Act 2006An Act to make provision for the establishment of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights; to dissolve the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Commission for Racial Equality and the Disability Rights Commission; to make provision about discrimination on grounds of religion or belief; to enable provision to be made about discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation; to impose duties relating to sex discrimination on persons performing public functions; to amend the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-11-012006-04-18Part 4Public FunctionsSex discrimination
87National security

In the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 the following shall be inserted after section 66A (burden of proof in county and sheriff courts)—

66BNational security1

Rules of court may make provision for enabling a county court or sheriff court in which a claim is brought under section 66(1), where the court considers it expedient in the interests of national security—

a

to exclude from all or part of the proceedings—

i

the claimant;

ii

the claimant's representatives;

iii

any assessors;

b

to permit a claimant or representative who has been excluded to make a statement to the court before the commencement of the proceedings, or the part of the proceedings, from which he is excluded;

c

to take steps to keep secret all or part of the reasons for the court's decision in the proceedings.

2

The Attorney General or, in Scotland, the Advocate General for Scotland, may appoint a person to represent the interests of a claimant in, or in any part of, proceedings from which the claimant or his representatives are excluded by virtue of subsection (1).

3

A person may be appointed under subsection (2) only—

a

in relation to proceedings in England and Wales, if he has a general qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)), or

b

in relation to proceedings in Scotland, if he is—

i

an advocate, or

ii

qualified to practice as a solicitor in Scotland.

4

A person appointed under subsection (2) shall not be responsible to the person whose interests he is appointed to represent.

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