Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act

Marginal note:Confidentiality

5.34 In any proceedings with respect to Part 0.1, the National Energy Board may take any measures and make any order that it considers necessary to ensure the confidentiality of any information likely to be disclosed in the proceedings if the Board is satisfied that

• (a) disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to result in a material loss or gain to a person directly affected by the proceedings, or could reasonably be expected to prejudice the person’s competitive position; or

• (b) the information is financial, commercial, scientific or technical information that is confidential information supplied to the National Energy Board and

  • (i) the information has been consistently treated as confidential information by a person directly affected by the proceedings, and

  • (ii) the Board considers that the person’s interest in confidentiality outweighs the public interest in disclosure of the proceedings.