(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the Designated Authority or responsible Commonwealth Minister may make documentary information publicly known or make documentary information available to a person if:
(a) the petroleum titleholder who gave the information to the Designated Authority has made the information publicly known; or
(b) the petroleum titleholder who gave the information to the Designated Authority 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 Designated Authority under a petroleum special prospecting authority, a petroleum access authority or a petroleum scientific investigation consent, subregulation (1) applies only if the information relates to a period when no permit, lease or licence was in force over the block.
(3) Before the documentary information is made available to a person, the fee worked out under regulation 11.05 is payable by the person.