256Release of information provided under the Petroleum Act 1958

256 Release of information provided under the Petroleum Act 1958 (1) In this section, ***interpretive information*** means any matter contained in a document that is, in the opinion of the Minister, an opinion or conclusion that is at least partly based on information relating to the sub-soil or the petroleum in part of an area to which a petroleum exploration permit or a petroleum lease applied. (2) The Minister may release any interpretive information given to the Minister under the **Petroleum Act 1958**, before it was repealed, by the holder of a petroleum exploration permit or a petroleum lease at any time after the expiry of 5 years from the date section 253 came into operation. (3) Sections 194 and 195 apply to the release of information under this section. (4) If the Minister publishes guidelines under section 184 concerning the identification of interpretive information, those guidelines also apply for the purposes of this section. S. 257 repealed by No. 29/2011 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 67.2). Pt 17 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 257–259) inserted by No. 20/2020 s. 27. Division 2—Transitional provisions—Petroleum Legislation Amendment Act 2020 New s. 257 inserted by No. 20/2020 s. 27.