Restriction of access to certain information in registers
9.10 Restriction of access to certain information in registers
The Environment Agency Head may restrict access to information in a public register required to be kept under this Division (including a register that relates to a declared area of outstanding biodiversity value) if the Environment Agency Head is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so or is authorised by the regulations to do so.
The Environment Agency Head is to make restricted access information in any such public register available to the Biodiversity Conservation Trust if the Agency Head is satisfied that the information is required in connection with the exercise of the Trust’s functions under this Act.
If access to information that relates to a declared area of outstanding biodiversity value is restricted, a person has a defence to a prosecution under this Act for damaging the area if the person establishes that he or she did not know that it was a declared area.
Access to information on a public register required to be kept under this Division is to be restricted if its disclosure would contravene the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998.
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