Screening of Third Country Transactions Act 2023
|
Hearing of matters otherwise than in public | ||
|
37. (1) The High Court shall exclude from the hearing of any relevant proceedings before it all persons except— | ||
(a) a judge hearing the matter, | ||
(b) an officer or agent of the court whose presence is necessary for the judge to hear the matter, | ||
(c) the parties to the proceedings, | ||
(d) the legal representatives of the parties to the proceedings, and | ||
(e) a witness whose evidence is relevant to the proceedings, for as long as the witness’s presence is required for the purpose of providing such evidence, | ||
unless it is satisfied that the interests of justice require any other person not to be so excluded. | ||
(2) In this section, “relevant proceedings” means proceedings before the High Court relating to— | ||
(a) an appeal under section 34 , or part of such an appeal, to which section 31 (2) does not apply, | ||
(b) an application under section 35 or 36 (4) in relation to such an appeal, or | ||
(c) judicial review proceedings relating to a screening decision or the decision of an adjudicator. |