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Railway Safety Act, 2024 (Act No. 30 of 2024)

Chapter 5 : Railway Safety Information and Monitoring System

40. Protection of information

 

(1) The Regulator must protect all information submitted to it by an applicant for a safety permit, including information submitted to it in terms of section 39(3), and keep such information confidential, unless—
(a) such information is already in the public domain;
(b) such information is requested for purposes of an investigation contemplated in section 50(1);
(c) a court of law has ordered that such information may be disclosed;
(d) authorised or mandated by this Act or any other legislation to disclose such information; or
(e) the disclosure of that information complies with the Promotion of Access to Information Act and the Protection of Personal Information Act.

 

(2) Subsection (1) applies, with the necessary changes, to a person conducting an independent review of the information supplied by an applicant to the Regulator for purposes of a safety permit under section 30.