Petroleum and Gas (General Provisions) Regulation 2017
sec.52Confidentiality periods for required information for petroleum tenures
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sec.52 Confidentiality periods for required information for petroleum tenures
This section prescribes, for the 2004 Act , section 550 (2) and the 1923 Act , section 76D (2) , the confidentiality period for the required information stated in schedule 1 , column 1. The confidentiality period for the required information starts on the day the information is lodged and ends on the day stated in schedule 1 , column 2 opposite the required information. However, there is no confidentiality period for a petroleum well or bore abandonment report under section 37 if— the report is to be made available to a person under the 2004 Act , section 550 (1) (b) or the 1923 Act , section 76D (1) (b) ; and the person is the holder of a coal or oil shale mining tenement; and the well or bore was drilled in the area of the person’s coal or oil shale mining tenement. Also, there is no confidentiality period for required information not mentioned in subsection (2) . s 52 sub 2020 SL No. 208 s 22 amd 2022 SL No. 191 s 6 ; 2025 SL No. 48 s 14 sch 1 (sec.52-ssec.1) This section prescribes, for the 2004 Act , section 550 (2) and the 1923 Act , section 76D (2) , the confidentiality period for the required information stated in schedule 1 , column 1. (sec.52-ssec.2) The confidentiality period for the required information starts on the day the information is lodged and ends on the day stated in schedule 1 , column 2 opposite the required information. (sec.52-ssec.3) However, there is no confidentiality period for a petroleum well or bore abandonment report under section 37 if— the report is to be made available to a person under the 2004 Act , section 550 (1) (b) or the 1923 Act , section 76D (1) (b) ; and the person is the holder of a coal or oil shale mining tenement; and the well or bore was drilled in the area of the person’s coal or oil shale mining tenement. (sec.52-ssec.4) Also, there is no confidentiality period for required information not mentioned in subsection (2) .
- (a) the report is to be made available to a person under the 2004 Act , section 550 (1) (b) or the 1923 Act , section 76D (1) (b) ; and
- (b) the person is the holder of a coal or oil shale mining tenement; and
- (c) the well or bore was drilled in the area of the person’s coal or oil shale mining tenement.