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This law was first created in 1973. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 425 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. Unfortunately, the 1973 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1976, chapter 607; in 1994, chapter 28<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":222929,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84860,"identifier":"45.2-562","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/7\/45.2-562","url":"\/45.2-562\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-562\/","token":"45.2\/II\/A\/5\/7\/45.2-562","dublin_core":{"Title":" Advance notice of inspections; confidentiality of trade secrets","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-562","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 Chief<\/span> or the Director<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the Chief<\/span> or the Director<\/span> or his authorized representative in connection with any inspection or proceeding under this title 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 Chief<\/span> or the Director<\/span> or his authorized representative concerned with carrying out any provisions of this title or any proceeding hereunder. In any such proceeding, the court<\/span>, the Chief<\/span>, or the Director<\/span> shall issue<\/span> such orders<\/span> as may be 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 45.2-562)\n\nA. No person shall give advance notice of any mine inspection conducted under\nthe provisions of this title without authorization from the Chief or the\nDirector.\n\nB. All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the Chief or the\nDirector or his authorized representative in connection with any inspection or\nproceeding under this title that contains or might reveal a trade secret\nreferred to in 18 U.S.C. § 1905 shall be considered confidential for the\npurpose of that section, except that such information may be disclosed to the\nChief or the Director or his authorized representative concerned with carrying\nout any provisions of this title or any proceeding hereunder. In any such\nproceeding, the court, the Chief, or the Director shall issue such orders as may\nbe appropriate to protect the confidentiality of trade secrets.\n\nHISTORY: 1973, c. 425, \u00a7 40.1-51.3:1; 1976, c. 607, \u00a7 40.1-51.4:1; 1994, c.\n28, \u00a7 45.1-161.84; 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}}