Division 2 — Confidentiality
Requests for confidential treatment
28.—(1)  A request for the confidential treatment of a document or part of a document filed in connection with any appeal proceedings before the Board —
(a)shall be made in writing by the person who submitted the document no later than 14 days after the filing of such a document;
(b)shall, where the request relates to part of a document, state the relevant words, figures or passages for which confidentiality is claimed; and
(c)shall contain the reasons for the request, and where the request relates to part of a document, the reasons specific to each part thereof.
(2)  The person making the request shall provide to the Board a non-confidential version of the document if so directed by the Secretary.
(3)  The Board shall not consider any request for confidential treatment that does not comply with paragraph (1), unless the Board considers that the circumstances are exceptional.
(4)  The Board may grant confidential treatment in relation to any document or part thereof on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
(5)  In the event of a dispute as to whether confidential treatment should be granted, the Board shall decide the matter after hearing the parties, taking into account the matters referred to in regulation 25(a), (b) and (c).