Section 270 — Immigration Act 2009: Tribunal or court may appoint special adviser

270 Tribunal or court may appoint special adviser (1) The Tribunal or a court may appoint a cultural, medical, intelligence, military, or other special adviser for the purposes of giving advice in any proceedings before it involving classified information. (2) The special adviser must hold an appropriate security clearance given by the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice. (3) The Tribunal or the court may provide the special adviser with access to the classified information concerned as it thinks fit. (4) A special adviser must keep confidential and must not disclose classified information, except as expressly provided under this Act. (5) Subsection (1) applies regardless of whether— (a) the person concerned has appointed a special advocate or a special advocate has been made available for the person; and (b) the Tribunal or the court has appointed counsel assisting the court for the purposes of the proceedings. (6) A special adviser may be removed from office by the Tribunal or a court for inability to perform the role of special adviser, neglect of duty, bankruptcy, or misconduct proved to the satisfaction of the Tribunal or the court.