| (1A) | The designated agency must submit progress reports and data contemplated in subsection (1)(b) within 30 days from the date of submission thereof to the Council for Geoscience. |
[Section 86(1A) inserted by section 65 of of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Act, 2008
| (2) | Subject to the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2002 (Act No. 20 of 2002), all information, data, reports and interpretations thereof submitted to the designated agency must be kept confidential by the agency for a period— |
| (a) | not exceeding four years from date of acquisition; or |
| (b) | ending on the date on which the permit or rights to which such information, data, reports and interpretations thereof relate have lapsed are cancelled or terminated, or the area to which such permits or rights relate have been abandoned or relinquished. |
| (3) | Neither the State nor any of its employees— |
| (a) | is liable for the bona fide or inadvertent release of information or data submitted in terms of this Act; and |
| (b) | guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any such information or data or interpretation thereof. |
