Offshore Minerals Act 1999
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27 Confidential 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 Minister, 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 that is covered by the licence or a successor licence to the licence.
(2) However, if:
(a) a person is required to give the Minister a report in relation to particular blocks, and
(b) the person gives the Minister a report that relates not only to those blocks but also to other blocks, and
(c) the Minister is required to make the report available under section 376,
the information that relates to those other blocks is not confidential information.
(3) A reference in this section to information given to the Minister by a licence holder includes a reference to a return or other information relating to royalty under this Act that is obtained by the Minister, or a delegate of the Minister, from a tax officer (within the meaning of the Taxation Administration Act 1996).
s 27: Am 2014 No 37, Sch 4.3 [2].