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4.—(1) It shall be the duty of every member of the Intelligence Service or, as the case may be, GCHQ to disclose or give to the Tribunal such documents or information as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to carry out their functions under this Act.
(2) Subject to paragraph 6(2) below, the Tribunal shall carry out their functions under this Act in such a way as to secure that no document, or information disclosed or given to the Tribunal by any person is disclosed without his consent to any complainant, to any person (other than the Commissioner) holding office under the Crown or to any other person; and accordingly the Tribunal shall not, except in reports under paragraph 6(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to this Act, give any reasons for a determination notified by them to a complainant.
(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) above, the Tribunal may determine their own procedure.
Salaries and expenses
5.—(1) The Secretary of State shall pay to the members of the Tribunal such remuneration and allowances as he may with the approval of the Treasury determine.
(2) The Secretary of State shall defray such expenses of the Tribunal as he may with the approval of the Treasury determine.
Staff
6.—(1) The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Tribunal and with the approval of the Treasury as to numbers, provide the Tribunal with such staff as he thinks necessary for the proper discharge of their functions.
(2) The Tribunal may authorise any member of their staff to obtain any documents or information on the Tribunal’s behalf.
Parliamentary disqualification
7.—(1) In Part II of Schedule 1 to the 1975 c. 24.House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (bodies whose members are disqualified) there shall be inserted at the appropriate place—
- “The Tribunal established under section 9 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994”.
(2) The same amendment shall be made in Part II of Schedule 1 to the 1975 c. 25.Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975.
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The Intelligence and Security Committee
Tenure of office
1.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, a member of the Committee shall hold office for the duration of the Parliament in which he is appointed.
(2) A member of the Committee shall vacate office—
- (a) if he ceases to be a member of the House of Commons;
- (b) if he ceases to be a member of the House of Lords;
- (c) if he becomes a Minister of the Crown; or
