Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) At any time during a civil proceeding, the Attorney General, the Attorney - General's legal representative, a party to the proceeding or a party'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 38B; and
(b) the giving of a notice under section 38D.
(2) 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 parties and the parties' legal representatives;
(b) if the applicant is a party or a party's legal representative--the Attorney - General, the other parties and the other parties' legal representatives.
(4) The court must hold the hearing as soon as possible after the application is made.