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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 390<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":224333,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55914,"identifier":"45.2-1151","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/7\/45.2-1151","url":"\/45.2-1151\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1151\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/7\/45.2-1151","dublin_core":{"Title":" Advance notice of inspections; confidentiality of trade secrets","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1151","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No person shall give advance notice of any mine inspection conducted under the provisions of this title without authorization from the Director<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> All information that is reported to or otherwise obtained by the Director<\/span> or his authorized representative in connection with any inspection or proceeding under this title and that contains or might reveal a trade secret referred to in 18 U.S.C. § 1905 shall be considered confidential for the purpose of that section, except that such information may be disclosed to the Director<\/span> or his authorized representative concerned with carrying out any provision of this title or any proceeding hereunder. In any such proceeding, the court<\/span> or the Director<\/span> shall issue<\/span> any order<\/span> appropriate to protect the confidentiality of trade secrets. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n ADVANCE NOTICE OF INSPECTIONS; CONFIDENTIALITY OF TRADE SECRETS (\u00a7 45.2-1151)\n\nA. No person shall give advance notice of any mine inspection conducted under\nthe provisions of this title without authorization from the Director.\n\nB. All information that is reported to or otherwise obtained by the Director or\nhis authorized representative in connection with any inspection or proceeding\nunder this title and that contains or might reveal a trade secret referred to in\n18 U.S.C. § 1905 shall be considered confidential for the purpose of that\nsection, except that such information may be disclosed to the Director or his\nauthorized representative concerned with carrying out any provision of this\ntitle or any proceeding hereunder. In any such proceeding, the court or the\nDirector shall issue any order appropriate to protect the confidentiality of\ntrade secrets.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.292:57; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}