Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) At any time during a federal criminal proceeding, the Attorney - General, the Attorney - General's legal representative, the prosecutor, the defendant or the defendant's legal representative may apply to the court for the court to hold a hearing to consider issues relating to the disclosure, protection, storage, handling or destruction, in the proceeding, of national security information, including:
(a) the making of an arrangement of the kind mentioned in section 22; and
(b) the giving of a notice under section 24.
(1A) As soon as possible after making the application, the applicant must notify each of the following that the application has been made:
(a) if the applicant is the Attorney - General or the Attorney - General's legal representative--the prosecutor, the defendant and the defendant's legal representative;
(b) if the applicant is the prosecutor--the Attorney - General, the defendant and the defendant's legal representative;
(c) if the applicant is the defendant or the defendant's legal representative--the Attorney - General and the prosecutor.
(2) The court must hold the hearing as soon as possible after the application is made.