Railway Safety Act, 2024 (Act No. 30 of 2024)Chapter 5 : Railway Safety Information and Monitoring System40. 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. |