Part 1: The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) Information and samples Section 11: Power of Secretary of State to require information and samples
Section 11 allows the Secretary of State to acquire from the OGA information or samples held by or on behalf of the OGA for the purposes specified in subsection (1). Any such information and samples are, for the purposes of this section, referred to as protected material.
	The section allows the Secretary of State to use protected material only for the purposes for which it was provided. Protected material may only be disclosed by the Secretary of State or any subsequent holder:
so far as is necessary for the purposes for which it was provided;
when disclosure is required by or under any Act; and
with the consent of the OGA, provided that where the protected material was provided to the OGA by or on behalf of another person, the OGA confirms that person also consents.