25Non-disclosure of criminal intelligence

25 Non-disclosure of criminal intelligence

25 Non-disclosure of criminal intelligence

(1) The Secretary is not, under this or any other Act or law, required to give reasons for not granting or renewing a poppy licence or poppy permit, or for suspending, cancelling or amending a poppy licence or poppy permit, to the extent that those reasons would disclose criminal intelligence.

(2) The Secretary is not, under this Act, required to give reasons to an applicant for or the holder of a poppy licence or poppy permit for proposing not to grant or renew the licence or permit or proposing to suspend, cancel or amend the licence or permit, to the extent that those reasons would disclose criminal intelligence.

(3) In determining an application for a review of a decision of the Secretary under this Part, the Civil and Administrative Tribunal (and any Appeal Panel of the Tribunal in determining any internal appeal against such a review under the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013)—

(a) is to ensure that it does not, in the reasons for its decision or otherwise, disclose any criminal intelligence without the approval of the Commissioner of Police, and

(b) in order to prevent the disclosure of any criminal intelligence, is to receive evidence and hear argument in the absence of the public, the applicant for the administrative review, the applicant’s representative and any other interested party, unless the Commissioner of Police approves otherwise.