South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts52A—Confidentiality of certain documents and material relevant to
application
(1) Subject to this
section, the Commissioner must make available for inspection by any person
with a genuine interest an application required to be advertised under this
Act and any documents and material produced to the licensing authority under
this Act relevant to the application.
(2) The Commissioner
may, in his or her absolute discretion, exclude from inspection information
that the Commissioner considers to be—
(a)
personal information of a confidential nature; or
(b)
information that has a commercial or other value that would be, or could
reasonably be expected to be, destroyed or diminished if the information were
disclosed; or
(c)
information the disclosure of which would, or could reasonably be expected to,
prejudice the commercial position of a person or confer a commercial advantage
on a person; or
(d)
information the disclosure of which would be contrary to the public interest
for any other reason.
(3) A person who
inspects an application, a document or material under this section must not
use information contained in the application, document or material for a
purpose other than objecting to the application, or intervening in
proceedings, under this Act and must not disclose that information to another
person except for that purpose.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(4) A person who gains
access to information (whether properly or improperly and whether directly or
indirectly) as a result of the inspection of an application, a document or
material under this section by another person must not use the information for
a purpose other than that for which the person inspecting the application,
document or material may lawfully use it.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.