(1) If an operator submits to the Authority information that is commercially sensitive or otherwise proprietary, the operator may request in writing for confidential treatment of the information. ·

(2) The Authority shall grant: the request where it considers that the information is genuinely commercially sensitive or otherwise proprietary and the confidential treatment is consistent with the public interest.

(3) Where the Authority grants such confidential treatment, the information shall be kept under seal and shall not be disclosed to the public, although it may be disclosed to other parties to a proceeding before the Authority who show a need to: receive the information and if the context of the proceeding justifies the disclosure.

(4) A person who receives confidential information under this regulation may be required to enter into a non-disclosure agreement by the owner of the information.