financial restrictions proceedings, or

proceedings on an appeal relating to financial restrictions proceedings.

the need to secure that the decisions that are the subject of the proceedings are properly reviewed; and

the need to secure that disclosures of information are not made where they would be contrary to the public interest.

about the mode of proof and about evidence in the proceedings;

enabling or requiring the proceedings to be determined without a hearing; and

about legal representation in the proceedings.

enabling the proceedings to take place without full particulars of the reasons for the decisions to which the proceedings relate being given to a party to the proceedings (or to any legal representative of that party);

enabling the court to conduct proceedings in the absence of any person, including a party to the proceedings (or any legal representative of that party);

about the functions of a person appointed as a special advocate;

enabling the court to give a party to the proceedings a summary of evidence taken in the party's absence.

references to a party to the proceedings do not include the Treasury;

references to a party's legal representative do not include a person appointed as a special advocate.

financial restrictions proceedings, or

proceedings on an appeal relating to financial restrictions proceedings.

material on which they rely,

material which adversely affects their case, and

material which supports the case of a party to the proceedings.

that such an application is always considered in the absence of every party to the proceedings (and every party's legal representative);

that the court is required to give permission for material not to be disclosed if it considers that the disclosure of the material would be contrary to the public interest;

that, if permission is given by the court not to disclose material, it must consider requiring the Treasury to provide a summary of the material to every party to the proceedings (and every party's legal representative);

that the court is required to ensure that such a summary does not contain material the disclosure of which would be contrary to the public interest.

do not receive the court's permission to withhold material, but elect not to disclose it, or

are required to provide a party to the proceedings with a summary of material that is withheld, but elect not to provide the summary,

if it considers that the material or anything that is required to be summarised might adversely affect the Treasury's case or support the case of a party to the proceedings, to direct that the Treasury shall not rely on such points in their case, or shall make such concessions or take such other steps, as the court may specify, or

in any other case, to ensure that the Treasury do not rely on the material or (as the case may be) on that which is required to be summarised.

references to a party to the proceedings do not include the Treasury;

references to a party's legal representative do not include a person appointed as a special advocate; and

“the Human Rights Convention” means the Convention within the meaning of the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42) (see section 21(1) of that Act).

financial restrictions proceedings, or

proceedings on an appeal, or further appeal, relating to financial restrictions proceedings,

in relation to financial restrictions proceedings in England and Wales, or on an appeal or further appeal relating to such proceedings, the Attorney General;

in relation to financial restrictions proceedings in Scotland, or on an appeal or further appeal relating to such proceedings, the Advocate General for Scotland;

in relation to financial restrictions proceedings in Northern Ireland, or on an appeal or further appeal relating to such proceedings, the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.

in the case of an appointment by the Attorney General, the person has a general legal qualification for the purposes of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41);

in the case of an appointment by the Advocate General for Scotland, the person is an advocate or a solicitor who has rights of audience in the Court of Session or the High Court of Justiciary by virtue of section 25A of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 46);

in the case of an appointment by the Advocate General for Northern Ireland, the person is a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland.

in relation to proceedings in England and Wales, or

in relation to proceedings in Northern Ireland,

in relation to rules applicable to proceedings in England and Wales, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales;

in relation to rules applicable to proceedings in Northern Ireland, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.

must be laid before Parliament, and

if not approved by a resolution of each House before the end of 40 days beginning with the day on which they were made, cease to have effect at the end of that period.

that does not affect anything previously done in reliance on the rules; and

subsection (1) applies as if the rules had not been made.

section 3(6) of the Civil Procedure Act 1997 (c. 12) (Parliamentary procedure for civil procedure rules);

section 56 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23) (statutory rules procedure).