(1) An appropriate Minister may by regulations make provision about the procedure to be followed in connection with a request under section 23, 25, 27 or 29.
(2) Regulations made under this section in relation to a request under section 23, 25, 27 or 29 must require -
(a) the decision on any such request to be made as soon as reasonably practicable after the receipt by the appropriate Minister dealing with the request of the information needed for making the decision, and
(b) the person who made the request to be informed of the decision and the reasons for it as soon as reasonably practicable after the decision is made.
(3) The regulations may authorise matters to be excluded from the reasons given for the decision where the appropriate Minister who made the decision considers that those matters should be excluded -
(a) in the interests of national security or international relations,
(b) for reasons connected with the prevention or detection of serious crime in the United Kingdom or
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