(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the responsible Commonwealth Minister or the Titles Administrator may make documentary information publicly known or make documentary information available to a person if:
(a) the greenhouse gas titleholder who gave the information to the Titles Administrator has made the information publicly known; or
(b) the greenhouse gas titleholder who gave the information to the Titles Administrator has consented in writing to the information being made publicly known or made available, as the case may be.
(2) If the documentary information relating to a block was given to the Titles Administrator under a greenhouse gas search authority, a greenhouse gas special authority or a greenhouse gas research consent, subregulation (1) applies only if the information relates to a period when no permit, lease or licence was in force over the block.