27Confidential information

#### 27 Confidential information (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.