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257: Priority or urgency to be afforded to proceedings involving classified information
or “Courts and Tribunal must prioritise cases with classified information”
You could also call this:

“Agency owning classified information can join related court cases”

You need to know about a rule for when special information is used in court or at a tribunal. This special information is called ‘classified information’.

If there’s a case that uses classified information, the group that owns this information can join in. They’re allowed to be part of the case.

The person in charge at Immigration New Zealand has a job to do. They must tell the boss of the group that owns the classified information about any cases using this special information.

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Next up: 259: Obligation and powers of Tribunal and courts in relation to classified information

or “How the Tribunal and courts handle secret information in immigration cases”
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Part 7 Appeals, reviews, and other proceedings
General provisions relating to proceedings involving classified information

258Relevant agency entitled to be party to proceedings involving classified information

  1. Where any proceedings involving classified information are to be heard by the Tribunal or a court, the relevant agency is entitled to be a party to the proceedings.

  2. The chief executive of the Department must notify the chief executive of the relevant agency about any proceedings involving classified information.