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Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2008C00620
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of the relevant participating jurisdiction provides otherwise, be taken in accordance with the following principles:
 (a) the occupier of the reporting facility will be given the opportunity for an impartial hearing;
 (b) if, following that hearing, the nominated agency thinks that the circumstances so warrant—

  (i) the occupier may be named in the annual report of the Council as breaching its reporting requirements; and/or

  (ii) appropriate penalties may be prescribed.

      26 Legal status of data supplied to the National Pollutant Inventory

 Information provided by an occupier solely for the purposes of the National Pollutant Inventory under this Measure will not be used by a participating jurisdiction as evidence in any court proceedings for non-compliance by the occupier with another obligation imposed by the jurisdiction.

      27 Security of data

 Participating jurisdictions should ensure that information provided by an occupier or aggregated emission or transfer data collected is not released to the public prematurely, unless the jurisdiction is legally compelled to release it, and that information provided is not able to be altered, unless as provided for by this Measure.

      28 Storage information

 Secure storage of information shall be provided by participating jurisdictions where:
 (a) confidentiality claims have been granted or have been sought and are being assessed; or
 (b) information is supplied in confidence for the purposes of developing aggregated emissions data or aggregated transfer data; or
 (c) information is supplied for the purposes of verifying emissions data, mandatory transfer data, or voluntary transfer data, in accordance with clauses 9, 15, 17, and 18.

      29 Access and provision of National Pollutant Inventory data to the public

 (1) Information gathered under this Measure for a reporting period will be released to the general public by the Commonwealth on or before 31 March in the following year.

 (3) Access to information collected for the purposes of this Measure should be provided primarily by the Commonwealth through:
 (a) internet access to the National Pollutant Inventory database; and
 (b) publishing of reports summarising National Pollutant Inventory information

      30 Summary of information to be included in annual report

 A summary of information collected for the purposes of this Measure will also be included by the Council in its annual report to Parliaments of all participating jurisdictions.

      31 Way that Commonwealth will disseminate information

 (1) The Commonwealth will ensure that information disseminated for the purposes of this Measure will:
 (a) be in plain language, simply laid out, and include substance information to assist in interpretation as agreed between participating jurisdictions;
 (b) subject to subclause 31(2), be free to the public (access via Internet, libraries, community organisations);
 (c) be nationally available;
 (d) include where practicable a geographic information system to allow information on the National Pollutant Inventory database