284Release of basic disclosable information

284 Release of basic disclosable information

(1) The Minister may make documentary information publicly known or make the documentary information available to a person if—

(a) it is basic information; and

(c) the relevant day for the information has passed.

(2) Subject to subregulation (3), the relevant days for information relating to seismic surveys are set out in the following Table.

| 1 | A survey that collected exclusive data, if the survey was conducted under a petroleum production licence that is still in force | The day 2 years after the acquisition of the data was completed | | 2 | A survey that collected exclusive data, if the survey was conducted under a petroleum title, other than a petroleum production licence, that is still in force | The day 3 years after the acquisition of the data was completed | | 3 | A survey that collected exclusive data, if the survey was conducted under a petroleum title that—<br> (a) has expired; or<br> (b) has been surrendered, cancelled, revoked or terminated before the expiry of the term of the title | The day of the expiry, surrender, cancellation, revocation or termination | | 4 | A survey that collected 2D seismic data as non‑exclusive data | The day 15 years after the acquisition of the data was completed | | 5 | A survey that collected 3D seismic data as non-exclusive data if either—<br> (a) the 3D data; or<br> (b) 2D data extracted from the 3D data, contained in a seismic extracted data grid—<br>was required to be produced as a condition of the grant of a petroleum title | For the 3D data—the day 15 years after the acquisition of the data was completed<br>For the extracted 2D data—the day 5 years after the acquisition of the 3D data was completed | | 6 | A survey that collected 3D seismic data as non-exclusive data if neither—<br> (a) the 3D data; nor<br> (b) 2D data extracted from the 3D data, contained in a seismic extracted data grid—<br>was required to be produced as a condition of the grant of a petroleum title | For the 3D data—the day 15 years after the acquisition of the data was completed<br>For the extracted 2D data—the day 6 years after the acquisition of the 3D data was completed |

(3) If data from a seismic survey has been reprocessed as a condition of the grant of a petroleum title, the relevant day for the documentary information obtained from the reprocessing is the later of—

(a) the relevant day under subregulation (2) for the information relating to the original survey; or

(b) 3 years after the last day of the year of the term of the title during which the reprocessing was done.

See section 9 of the Act for what "year of the term" means. A year of the term of a title commences on the day on which the title comes into force or on any anniversary of that day.