Queensland Consolidated Acts

LIQUID FUEL SUPPLY ACT 1984 - SECT 45

45 Trade secrets

(1) A person who believes that supplying information to the Minister or to an authorised person in the discharge of an obligation under this Act will result in the disclosure of a trade secret may, by writing served on the Minister, object to discharging the obligation so far as it relates to the trade secret.

(2) The Minister may cause the matter of an objection to be investigated and may, by instrument in writing, exempt the person who has objected from the obligation in question, either absolutely or to such extent as the Minister thinks fit and specifies in the instrument.

(3) The Minister must give the person who objected—

(a) a copy of the instrument; and

(b) an information notice for the Minister’s decision.

(4) A person who has objected under subsection (1) may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the decision.

(5) For the purposes of this section—

"trade secret" includes information or knowledge concerning the technology of the extraction, production or storage of liquid fuel resources or liquid fuel or concerning the marketing of liquid fuel or concerning reserves of liquid fuel or concerning the business of the person subject to the obligation referred to in subsection (1) , being information or knowledge that would be expected on reasonable grounds to affect the business interests of that person if it were disclosed to another person in a like business.