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Gas Act, 2001 (Act No. 48 of 2001)

Chapter IV : Entry, inspection and gathering of information by Gas Regulator

29. Entry, inspection and gathering of information by Gas Regulator

 

(1) For the purposes of this Act, any person authorised thereto in writing by the Gas Regulator may—
(a) at all reasonable times enter any property on which a licensed activity is taking place and inspect any facility, equipment, machinery, book, account or other document found thereat; and
(b) require any person to furnish the Gas Regulator with such information as may be necessary for the proper application of this Act.

 

(2) The Gas Regulator may require that the accuracy of any information furnished in terms of subsection (1) be verified on oath or by way of a solemn declaration.

 

(3) A person authorised by the Gas Regulator as contemplated in subsection (1) must show the authorisation to any person requesting it.

 

(4) No information obtained by the Gas Regulator in terms of the Act which is of a non-generic, confidential, personal, commercially sensitive or of a proprietary nature may be made public or otherwise disclosed to my person without the permission of the person to whom that information relates, except in terms of an order of the High Court.