These Rules regulate the exercise of the rights of appeal conferred by section 28 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”), section 60 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”) and the rights of appeal conferred by section 60 of the 2000 Act, as applied by regulation 18(1), as modified by regulation 18(7) of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3391) (“the 2004 Regulations”) in relation to appeals against certificates issued under regulation 15 of those Regulations certifying that disclosure of information under regulation 12 would adversely affect national security and would not be in the public interest.