Disclosure and use of information for future ancillary mining activities
11 Disclosure and use of information for future ancillary mining activities
The appropriate official may use or disclose any information obtained in connection with the administration or execution of this Act or the Planning Act in respect of a relevant licence or relevant land if the use or disclosure is in connection with any application or tender (or proposed application or tender) under this Act or any application under the Planning Act (whether or not in respect of relevant land) or is for any other purpose approved by the Minister.
The appropriate official is—
the Secretary under this Act in the case of information obtained in connection with the administration or execution of this Act, or
the Secretary under the Planning Act in the case of information obtained in connection with the administration or execution of the Planning Act.
No intellectual property right or duty of confidentiality (whether arising by agreement, under a relevant licence or otherwise) prevents the use or disclosure of information by the appropriate official as authorised by this clause or the use or disclosure of that information by or on behalf of a person to whom it has been disclosed as authorised by this clause.
No liability attaches to the State or any other person in connection with the use or disclosure of information as authorised by this clause.
Clause 58 (Confidentiality of reports) of the Mining Regulation 2010 does not prevent the disclosure of information under this clause even if the information is contained in a report lodged with the Secretary before the commencement of this clause.
The disclosure of information under this clause is taken to be in connection with the administration or execution of this Act and the Planning Act.
In this clause—
disclose includes publish or communicate.
use includes reproduce.
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