SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Miscellaneous Amendments

Restrictions on disclosure of information, etc on grounds of national security

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In Schedule 9 of the 1978 Act (industrial tribunals)—

(a)

in paragraph 1 (regulations as to procedure), after sub-paragraph (4), there shall be inserted—

“(4A)

Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (5) or paragraph 2, a Minister of the Crown may on grounds of national security direct an industrial tribunal to sit in private when hearing or determining any proceedings specified in the direction.”, and

(b)

in paragraph 2 (national security), in sub-paragraph (2), for the words “A certificate” there shall be substituted the words “Except where the complaint is that a dismissal is unfair by reason of section 57A, 59(1)(a) or 60, a certificate”.