Commonwealth Numbered Acts

OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 No. 28, 1994 - SECT 27

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.