Register: exclusion of information affecting national security
65.—(1) Information must not be included in the register if and so long as a direction by the Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers(1) is in force in relation to that information under section 21 of the 1990 Act.
(2) Information must not be included in the register if and so long as a direction by the Secretary of State is in force in relation to that information under section 20(6) of the 1990 Act.
(3) A direction under section 21(2) of the 1990 Act applies to the register as it applies to the register maintained under section 20 of that Act (“the 1990 Act register”), and no information referred by SEPA under section 21(2)(b) of that Act shall be included in the register until the question of its inclusion is determined for the purposes of that section.
(4) A direction under section 20(6) of the 1990 Act applies to the register as it applies to the 1990 Act register.
(5) Section 21(3) and (4) of the 1990 Act apply to the register as it applies to the 1990 Act register, and no information notified under section 21(4)(b) of that Act may be included in the register until the question of its inclusion is determined for the purposes of section 21 of that Act.
The functions of the Secretary of State under section 21(1), (2) and (4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c.43) so far as they are exercisable in or as regards Scotland may by virtue of Article 3 of S.I. 1999/1750 be exercised by the Scottish Ministers after consultation with the Secretary of State.