Gas Act, 2001 (Act No. 48 of 2001)NoticesGas Act Rules, 2009Chapter 1 : General Requirements for Documents submitted to the Energy Regulator4. Request for confidential treatment of information submitted |
| (1) | Any person who submits information to the Energy Regulator may request the confidential treatment of such information. |
| (2) | Where a person requests the confidential treatment of information as contemplated in subrule (1) above, that person must— |
| (a) | make the request in writing in the form specified in Annexure A and must provide all information specified therein; and |
| (b) | clearly indicate and highlight those parts of the information submitted which the submitter considers to be confidential. |
| (3) | A request for the confidential treatment of information must be delivered by hand or sent by registered post and may also be sent electronically to the addresses specified in rule 2. |
| (4) | Subject to the concurrence of the Energy Regulator regarding the confidential nature of information submitted, such information may be withheld from the public. |
| (5) | The Energy Regulator will inform the applicant of its decision regarding the request for confidential treatment of information within 30 days from receipt of a request. |
| (6) | Information submitted to the Energy Regulator in terms of this rule will only be made available to the public in accordance with the Act or the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act No. 2 of 2000). |