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OFFSHORE MINERALS ACT 1994 - SECT 374

Restrictions on release of confidential material

  (1)   Subject to sections   375 and 376, if the Designated Authority holds confidential information:

  (a)   the Designated Authority; and

  (b)   a State or Commonwealth Minister who is given the information under section   375; and

  (c)   a person who is given the information under subsection   376(3);

must not:

  (d)   publish the information; or

  (e)   make the information available to a person.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.

  (2)   Subject to section   375, if the Designated Authority holds a confidential sample:

  (a)   the Designated Authority; and

  (b)   a Commonwealth or State Minister who is given access to the sample under section   375; and

  (c)   a person who is given access to the sample under subsection   375(4);

must not:

  (d)   allow a person to inspect the sample; or

  (e)   publish information about the sample.

Penalty for contravention of this subsection:   Imprisonment for 2 years.



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