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Petroleum Pipelines Act, 2003 (Act No. 60 of 2003)

Chapter 4 : General Provisions

29. Entry, inspection and gathering of information by Authority

 

 

(1) For the purposes of this Act, any person authorised thereto in writing by the Authority 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 Authority with such information, returns or other particulars as may be necessary for the proper administration of this Act.

 

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

 

(3) A person authorised by the Authority as contemplated in subsection (1) must show his or her authorisation to any person requesting it.

 

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