Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 27

             (1)  For the purposes of this Act, information is confidential information if:

                     (a)  a licence holder has given it to the Designated Authority; and

                     (b)  it is in a record, return, report or document; and

                     (c)  it relates to activities authorised by the licence; and

                     (d)  it relates to an area of the seabed or subsoil of an offshore area that is covered by the licence or a successor licence to the licence.

             (2)  However, if:

                     (a)  a person is required to give the Designated Authority a report in relation to particular blocks; and

                     (b)  the person gives the Designated Authority a report that relates not only to those blocks but also to other blocks; and

                     (c)  the Designated Authority is required to make the report available under section 376;

the information that relates to those other blocks is not confidential information.