286Release of documentary information—prior availability or consent

286 Release of documentary information—prior availability or consent

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the Minister may make documentary information publicly known or make documentary information available to a person if—

(a) the petroleum titleholder who gave the information to the Minister has made the information publicly known; or

(b) the petroleum titleholder who gave the information to the Minister has consented in writing to the information being made publicly known or made available, as the case may be.

(2) If the documentary information relating to a block was given to the Minister under a petroleum special prospecting authority, a petroleum access authority or a petroleum scientific investigation consent, subregulation (1) applies only if the information relates to a period when no permit, lease or licence was in force over the block.

(3) Before the documentary information is made available to a person, the fee worked out under regulation 352 is payable by the person.

Division 4—Release of petroleum mining samples