Patents [No. 40 of 2016 that the publication or communication of the application or the grant of a patent and the information contained therein shall be prejudicial to the defence of the country or the safety of the public, the Minister shall notify the Registrar to maintain the directions in force until notification to revoke them is given by the Minister. (4) Where the directions, referred to in section ninety-four, are not issued or revoked soon after notification, the Minister responsible for defence or the Minister responsible for internal security, as the case may be, shall review the directions, within a period of nine months from the date of lodging of the application for the grant of a patent or once in every subsequent period of twelve months. (5) The Minister responsible for defence or the Minister responsible for internal security, as the case may be, may, where it appears that the publication or communication of an application for the grant of a patent and the information contained therein, is no longer prejudicial to the defence of the country or the safety of the public, give notice to the Registrar to revoke the directions and, subject to any conditions imposed by the Minister, extend the time for doing anything required to be done, in accordance with this Act, in respect of the application, whether that time had previously expired or not. (6) The Minister responsible for defence or the Minister responsible for internal security, as the case may be, shall, in determining whether or not to revoke the directions issued by the Registrar in accordance with this section, consider the following: (a) the application for the grant of a patent, and any documents submitted in relation to the application before the expiry of the period for publication of the application, as specified in section fifty-four; or (b) where the application for the grant of a patent contains information relating to the production or use of atomic energy or research into matters connected with such production or use, authorise the National Council for Scientific and Industrial Research or any other competent institution to study the application and any documents lodged with the Registrar and submit a report to the Minister, as soon as it is practicable, on the utility or otherwise of the invention for which a patent is being applied for. (7) Where it appears to the Minister responsible for defence or the Minister responsible for internal security, or the Registrar, that the person making an application for the grant of a patent has 843