Geothermal Energy Act 2009

(1) The Minister may release or publish information about a geothermal authority:

(a) if the term of the authority expires – at any time after the date of expiry; or

(b) if the authority is surrendered or cancelled – at any time after the date on which the surrender or cancellation takes effect; or

(c) if the information is all or part of an annual report given to the Minister under section 52 – no earlier than 5 years after the expiry of the time prescribed for the giving of the report; or

(d) in any other circumstance – no earlier than 5 years after the date on which the Minister received the information.

(2) However, the Minister must not release or publish the following information about a geothermal production lease during the term of the lease:

(b) the geothermal operations plan for the geothermal activities conducted under the lease;

(3) The Minister must not, during the consideration of a geothermal authority application, release or publish any of the following information given by the applicant:

(a) the technical qualifications of the operator for the application area;

interpretive information, in relation to a geothermal authority or geothermal authority application, means information the Minister considers to be an opinion or conclusion relating to the sub-soil, a geothermal energy resource or geothermal energy in the geothermal authority area or application area.

release, of information, includes making the information available for inspection in the register.