209Release of eligible samples—prior availability or consent

209  Release of eligible samples—prior availability or consent

 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Titles Administrator or responsible Commonwealth Minister may make publicly known any details of an eligible sample or permit a person to inspect the sample if:

 (a) the greenhouse gas titleholder who gave the sample to the Titles Administrator has made publicly known those details of the sample; or

 (b) the greenhouse gas titleholder who gave the sample to the Titles Administrator has caused to be made publicly known those details of the sample; or

 (c) the greenhouse gas titleholder who gave the sample to the Titles Administrator has consented in writing to details of the sample being made publicly known or to the sample being made available for inspection, as the case may be.

 (2) If an eligible sample from a block was given to the Titles Administrator under a greenhouse gas search authority, a greenhouse gas special authority or a greenhouse gas research consent, subsection (1) only applies if the sample was obtained during a period when no permit, lease or licence was in force over the block.