QLDIn ForceAct
Mineral Resources Act 1989
sec.318EKConfidentiality obligations
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.318EK
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Mineral Resources Act 1989.
### sec.318EK Confidentiality obligations
The recipient must not disclose the information to anyone else, unless—
the information is publicly available; or
the disclosure is—
to someone else whom the recipient has authorised to carry out the authorised activities for the recipient’s coal or oil shale mining tenement or petroleum tenure; or
made with the information-giver’s consent; or
expressly permitted or required under this or another Act; or
to the Minister.
The recipient may use the information only for the purpose for which it is given.
s 318EK ins 2004 No. 25 s 1020 (amd 2004 No. 26 s 260 (30) – (31) )
amd 2012 No. 20 s 125 sch 1
(sec.318EK-ssec.1) The recipient must not disclose the information to anyone else, unless— the information is publicly available; or the disclosure is— to someone else whom the recipient has authorised to carry out the authorised activities for the recipient’s coal or oil shale mining tenement or petroleum tenure; or made with the information-giver’s consent; or expressly permitted or required under this or another Act; or to the Minister.
(sec.318EK-ssec.2) The recipient may use the information only for the purpose for which it is given.
- (a) the information is publicly available; or
- (b) the disclosure is— (i) to someone else whom the recipient has authorised to carry out the authorised activities for the recipient’s coal or oil shale mining tenement or petroleum tenure; or (ii) made with the information-giver’s consent; or (iii) expressly permitted or required under this or another Act; or (iv) to the Minister.
- (i) to someone else whom the recipient has authorised to carry out the authorised activities for the recipient’s coal or oil shale mining tenement or petroleum tenure; or
- (ii) made with the information-giver’s consent; or
- (iii) expressly permitted or required under this or another Act; or
- (iv) to the Minister.
- (i) to someone else whom the recipient has authorised to carry out the authorised activities for the recipient’s coal or oil shale mining tenement or petroleum tenure; or
- (ii) made with the information-giver’s consent; or
- (iii) expressly permitted or required under this or another Act; or
- (iv) to the Minister.