s.15Reports on the use of closed material procedure
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Section 15Part 0 —

Reports on the use of closed material procedure

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The Attorney General shall —
prepare a report on the matters mentioned in subsection (2) for —
the period of twelve months beginning with the day on which section 3 comes into force; and
every subsequent twelve month period; and
lay a copy of each such report before the Parliament.
The matters referred to in subsection (1)(a) are —
the number of applications made during the reporting period —
by the Attorney General under section 3(2)(a) or 4(4)(a)(i); and
by persons other than the Attorney General under section 3(2)(b) or 4(4)(a)(ii);
the number of declarations made by the court under section 3(1), and the number of revocations made by the court under section 4(2) or (3), during the reporting period —
in response to applications made by the Attorney General during the reporting period;
in response to applications made by the Attorney General during previous reporting periods;
in response to applications made by persons other than the Attorney General during the reporting period;
in response to applications made by persons other than the Attorney General during previous reporting periods; and
of the court's own motion;
the number of final judgments given in section 3 proceedings during the reporting period which are closed judgments; and
the number of such judgments which are not closed judgments.
The report may also include such other matters as the Attorney General considers appropriate.
The duty under subsection (1) in relation to the preparation and laying of a report shall be carried out as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the twelve month period to which the report relates.
In this section —
"closed judgment" means a judgment that is not made available, or fully available, to the public; and
"final judgment", in relation to section 3 proceedings, means a final judgment to determine the proceedings.

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closed judgmentfinal judgment

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