# The Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999, Paragraph 16


Information excluded from the register shall be treated as ceasing to be commercially confidential for the purposes of this Schedule at the expiry of the period of five years beginning with the date of the determination by virtue of which it was excluded; but the person who furnished it may apply to the competent authority for the information to remain excluded from the register on the ground that it is still commercially confidential and the competent authority shall determine whether or not that is the case.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/743/schedule/8/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/control-of-major-accident-hazards-regulations-1999/schedule-8/paragraph-16
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