Section Sch4-10 — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015: Communication between special advocate and other persons

10 Communication between special advocate and other persons (1) A special advocate may communicate with a non-Crown defendant or the non-Crown defendant’s representative on an unlimited basis until the special advocate has been provided with access to the classified security information. (2) After a special advocate has been given access to the classified security information, he or she must not communicate with any person about any matter connected with the classified security information except in accordance with this clause. (3) A special advocate who, after having been given access to the classified security information, wishes to communicate with the non-Crown defendant or the non-Crown defendant’s representative, or any other person not referred to in subclause (4), may do so on the terms that the court may direct. (4) A special advocate may, without the approval of the court, communicate about any matter connected with the classified security information with— (a) the court: (b) the head of the specified agency that holds the classified security information, or the specified agency’s security-cleared representative. Compare: 2013 No 91 s 109