OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 375 Circumstances in which confidential material may be released

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 375

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a licence holder gives confidential information to the Designated Authority; and

  (b)   the holder:

  (i)   makes the information publicly available; or

  (ii)   consents in writing to the information being made publicly available;

the Designated Authority or a Commonwealth or State Minister who is given access to the information may make the information available to any person.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   a licence holder gives a confidential sample to the Designated Authority; and

  (b)   the holder:

  (i)   publishes details of the sample; or

  (ii)   consents in writing to the details being made publicly available; or

  (iii)   consents in writing to the sample being made available for public inspection;

the Designated Authority or a Commonwealth or State Minister who is given access to the sample may:

  (c)   make details of the sample available to any person; or

  (d)   allow any person to inspect the sample.

Note 1:   For confidential information and confidential sample see sections   27 and 28.

Note 2:   A Commonwealth or State Minister may be given access to confidential information or a confidential sample under section   416.

  (3)   Confidential information may be made available to a person if the information is made available for the purposes of the administration of this Act or an associated revenue Act.

  (4)   A person may be given access to a confidential sample if the access is given for the purposes of the administration of this Act or an associated revenue Act.