Section 26: Public Hearings

(1) The Agency may, in addition to the comment received pursuant to section 23 of this Act, hold public hearings or consultations to obtain further comments and inputs that will assist in the review or processing of the application.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Act the Agency shall not disclose any confidential business information submitted by any person, institution or body to the Agency under this Act.
(3) To determine if any information identified by an applicant qualifies as confidential business information that cannot be disclosed to the public the Agency shall ascertain that:
(a) the information has not previously been released to the public anywhere in the world;
(b) the applicant has shown that it has taken steps to prevent the release of such information;
(c) release of the information would be detrimental to the applicant; and
(d) the information is not required to be released under section 23 of this Act.