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or production from a pool or field; (g.1) accidents, incidents or petroleum spills, to the extent necessary to permit a person or body to produce and to distribute or publish a report for the administration of this Act in respect of the accident, incident or spill; (h) any study funded from an account established under subsection 76(1) of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act , if the study has been completed; and (i) an environmental study, other than a study referred to in paragraph (h), (i) where it relates to a well and the well has been drilled, after the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (a) or the later period referred to in subparagraph (b)(i) or (ii) or (c)(i) or (ii), according to whether paragraph (a), (b) or (c) is applicable in respect of that well, (ii) in any other case relating to a petroleum-related work or activity, if five years have passed since the completion of the study, or (iii) in any case relating to an offshore renewable energy project, if the period set out by regulations has passed or, in the absence of regulations, if three years have passed since the completion of that study. Disclosure — governments and agencies (6) The Regulator may disclose any information or documentation that it obtains under this Part or Part III — to officials of the Government of Canada, the Government of the Province or any other provincial government, or a foreign government or to the representatives of any of their agencies — for the purposes of a federal, provincial or foreign law, as the case may be, that deals primarily with a petroleum-related work or activity, including the exploration for and the management, administration and exploitation of petroleum resources, or with an offshore renewable energy project, if (a) the government or agency undertakes to keep the information or documentation confidential and not to disclose it without the Regulator’s written consent; (b) the information and documentation is disclosed in accordance with any conditions agreed to by the Regulator and the government or agency; and (c) in the case of disclosure to a foreign government or agency, the Federal Minister and Provincial Minister consent in writing. Disclosure — Minister (7) The Regulator may disclose to the Federal Minister and Provincial Minister the information or documentation that it has disclosed or intends to disclose under subsection (6), but the Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister are not to further disclose that information or documentation unless the Regulator consents in writing to that disclosure or the Federal Minister or the Provincial Minister is required by an Act of Parliament or an Act of the Legislature of the Province, as the case may be, to disclose that information or documentation. Consent (8) For the purposes of paragraph (6)(a) and subsection (7), the Regulator may consent to the further disclosure of information or documentation only if the Regulator itself is authorized under this section to disclose it. Applicant and proposed work or activity (9) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of information regarding the applicant for an operating licence or authorization under subsection 142(1) or authorization under subsection 142.011(1) or in respect of the scope, purpose, location, timing and nature of the proposed work or activity for which the authorization is sought. Public notice (9.1) The Regulator shall make public a summary of the information referred to in subsection (9) in respect of a work or activity for which the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada decided under section 16 of the Impact Assessment Act that an impact assessment is not required or which is excluded under section 112.1 of that Act. Public hearing (10) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of information or documentation provided for the purposes of a public hearing conducted under section 44.1. Safety or environmental protection (11) Subject to section 122.1, the Regulator may disclose, including for