The Litvinenko Inquiry
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Litvinenko</strong> <strong>Inquiry</strong><br />
Restrictions on the Disclosure or Publication of Evidence or Documents<br />
given, produced or provided to the <strong>Inquiry</strong><br />
4 <strong>The</strong> restrictions referred to at paragraphs 5 and 7 below are imposed:<br />
(i)<br />
as being required by the rule of law known as public interest immunity; and/or<br />
(ii) because the Minister, acting in accordance with section 19(3)(b) of the Act<br />
and having had regard, in particular, to the matters set out in s19(4) of the Act,<br />
considers it to be conducive to the <strong>Inquiry</strong> fulfilling its terms of reference and/or<br />
necessary in the public interest that such restrictions should be imposed.<br />
5 Otherwise than as is permitted by this Notice, no person, whether a member of the<br />
Core <strong>Inquiry</strong> Team or otherwise, may disclose or publish to any other person the<br />
Schedule to this Notice or any of the information contained in the documents identified<br />
in the Schedule to this Notice (“the Schedule material”). <strong>The</strong> Schedule to this Notice<br />
and the Schedule material are or refer to material which (i) was the subject of the<br />
Public Interest Immunity certificate issued by the Secretary of State for Foreign and<br />
Commonwealth Affairs and dated 7 February 2013 or (ii) had previously been shown<br />
to HM Assistant Coroner for Inner North West London during the course of the inquest<br />
into the death of Alexander <strong>Litvinenko</strong>.<br />
6 HMG advisers may disclose the contents of parts of the material referred to in the<br />
Schedule to this Notice to such other individuals and for such purposes as are<br />
identified in writing by the Minister to the Chairman.<br />
7 Save with the written agreement of the Minister, no reference shall be made by the<br />
Chairman to the Schedule material in any open ruling, judgment or report arising out<br />
of the <strong>Inquiry</strong>, or otherwise, unless it has been removed from the scope of this Notice<br />
by means of a letter under paragraph 15 below.<br />
Restrictions on Attendance at the <strong>Inquiry</strong> or part of the <strong>Inquiry</strong><br />
8 <strong>The</strong> restrictions referred to at paragraphs 9, 12, 13 and 14 below are imposed:<br />
(i)<br />
as being required by the rule of law known as public interest immunity; and/or<br />
(ii) because the Minister, acting in accordance with section 19(3)(b) of the Act<br />
and having had regard, in particular, to the matters set out in s19(4) of the Act,<br />
considers it to be conducive to the <strong>Inquiry</strong> fulfilling its terms of reference and/or<br />
necessary in the public interest that such restrictions should be imposed.<br />
9 Save with the written consent of the Minister, no person, other than the Core <strong>Inquiry</strong><br />
Team, HMG advisers and any relevant witness, may attend any hearing of the <strong>Inquiry</strong><br />
at which any of the Schedule material is to be considered or referred to, or at which<br />
there is, in the judgment of the Chairman, any significant risk of reference being made<br />
to such material.<br />
10 Hearings at which such material may be considered or referred to, and which are<br />
subject to such restrictions, are to be referred to as “closed hearings”.<br />
11 <strong>The</strong> Minister may give consent, in accordance with paragraph 8 above, to the<br />
attendance at a closed hearing of persons other than those identified in paragraph 9,<br />
where the person concerned is a legal representative of the witness, the Chairman<br />
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