Minerals Development Act 2017
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Confidentiality of airborne survey data | ||
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53. (1) The Minister shall keep data provided under section 52 confidential— | ||
(a) until the expiration of the prescribed period, which shall not be less than 4 years, or | ||
(b) until the expiration of any period of confidentiality extended under subsection (2), | ||
whichever last occurs, unless the person who conducted the survey agrees that the data may be made public earlier. | ||
(2) The Minister may, on application of the person who conducted the survey and on reasonable grounds, extend the period that the data is to remain confidential. | ||
(3) After the period of confidentiality ends or the person who conducted the survey agrees that the data may be made public, the data may be— | ||
(a) disclosed to the public on request and on payment of reasonable administrative costs determined by the Minister, or | ||
(b) made available to the public free of charge. |