The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

[F1 Scope and interpretation E+W

88.1.— (1) This Part contains rules about—

(a) TEO proceedings in the High Court; and

(b) appeals to the Court of Appeal against an order of the High Court in such proceedings.

(2) In this Part—

(a) “the Act” means the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015;

(b) “closed material” means any relevant material that the Secretary of State objects to disclosing to a relevant party on the grounds that disclosure is contrary to the public interest;

(c) “legal representative” is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 4(4)(b) of Schedule 3 to the Act;

(d) “TEO” means a temporary exclusion order (which has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Act);

(e) “open material” means any relevant material that the Secretary of State does not object to disclosing to a relevant party on the grounds that disclosure is contrary to the public interest;

(f) “relevant material” means the material described in paragraph 3(1)(a) to (c) of Schedule 3 to the Act;

(g) “relevant party” means any party to the proceedings other than the Secretary of State;

(h) “special advocate” means a person appointed under paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 3 to the Act;

(i) “TEO proceedings” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the Act;

(j) “TEO subject” means an individual on whom the Secretary of State has imposed, or is proposing to impose, a TEO.

(3) For the purposes of this Part, disclosure is contrary to the public interest if it is made 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 likely to harm the public interest.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 88 inserted (27.2.2015) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/406), rule 1, Sch.