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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 170B Information critical to protecting matters of national environmental significance not to be disclosed

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 170B

Information critical to protecting matters of national environmental significance not to be disclosed

  (1)   The Minister may, by notice in writing to a person, direct the person not to disclose specified information when publishing a document or material as required or permitted by a specified provision of this Chapter, if the Minister considers that the information is critical to the protection of a matter protected by a provision of Division   1 of Part   3 (about matters of national environmental significance).

  (2)   A provision of this Chapter   that is specified in a direction under subsection   (1) has effect as if it did not require or permit the publication of the information specified in the direction.

  (3)   A person who is given a direction under subsection   (1) must not contravene the direction.

Civil penalty:   100 penalty units.

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