Section 170B — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Information critical to protecting matters of national environmental significance not to be disclosed

(1) The Minister may, by notice in writing to a person, direct the person not to disclose specified information when publishing a document or material as required or permitted by a specified provision of this Chapter, if the Minister considers that the information is critical to the protection of a matter protected by a provision of Division 1 of Part 3 (about matters of national environmental significance). (2) A provision of this Chapter that is specified in a direction under subsection (1) has effect as if it did not require or permit the publication of the information specified in the direction. (3) A person who is given a direction under subsection (1) must not contravene the direction. Civil penalty: 100 penalty units.