Offshore Minerals Act 1998
sec.27Confidential information
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sec.27 Confidential information
Information is confidential information if— a tenure holder has given it to the Minister; and it is in a record, return, report or document; and it relates to activities authorised by the tenure; and it relates to an area of the seabed or subsoil that is covered by the tenure or a successor tenure to the tenure. However, if— a person is required to give the Minister a report about particular sub-blocks; and the person gives the Minister a report that relates not only to those sub-blocks but also to other sub-blocks; and the Minister is required to make the report available under section 376 ; the information that relates to those other sub-blocks is not confidential information. (sec.27-ssec.1) Information is confidential information if— a tenure holder has given it to the Minister; and it is in a record, return, report or document; and it relates to activities authorised by the tenure; and it relates to an area of the seabed or subsoil that is covered by the tenure or a successor tenure to the tenure. (sec.27-ssec.2) However, if— a person is required to give the Minister a report about particular sub-blocks; and the person gives the Minister a report that relates not only to those sub-blocks but also to other sub-blocks; and the Minister is required to make the report available under section 376 ; the information that relates to those other sub-blocks is not confidential information.
- (a) a tenure holder has given it to the Minister; and
- (b) it is in a record, return, report or document; and
- (c) it relates to activities authorised by the tenure; and
- (d) it relates to an area of the seabed or subsoil that is covered by the tenure or a successor tenure to the tenure.
- (a) a person is required to give the Minister a report about particular sub-blocks; and
- (b) the person gives the Minister a report that relates not only to those sub-blocks but also to other sub-blocks; and
- (c) the Minister is required to make the report available under section 376 ;