Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Act 2023
145Publication of reports and information
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145 Publication of reports and information
Minister to publish reports (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Minister must publish, in such manner as the Minister considers appropriate, each report given by a reporting entity under Division 1. (2) The Minister may decide not to publish a report, or part of a report, if the Minister is satisfied that it is not appropriate to do so, having regard to the matters (if any) prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this subsection. Restrictions on publication (3) The Minister must not publish information in a report (the reported information) under this section if the reported information is: (a) a trade secret of the reporting entity; or (b) other information of the reporting entity that has a commercial value that would be, or could reasonably be expected to be, destroyed if the reported information were publicly disclosed. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to reported information that is: (a) already in the public domain; or (b) required to be disclosed under another law of the Commonwealth, or under a law of a State or Territory; or (c) readily discoverable.