Amendment of the Regulations

12.  In regulation 28 (exclusion from the register of information affecting national security)–

(a) after paragraph (1) there is inserted–

“(1A) No information shall be included in the register maintained by SEPA under regulation 27 if and so long as a direction under section 20(6) of that Act is issued or has been issued in relation to that information.”; and

(b) after paragraph (2) there is inserted–

“(2A) Directions issued under section 20(6) of that Act shall apply to the register maintained by SEPA under regulation 27 as they apply to the register maintained under section 20 of that Act.”.