12. Acknowledgement and Project Events
12.1 Acknowledgement
(a) The Recipient must acknowledge, in the required form as set out in Item 6 of the Project Particulars, the support it has received from the Department:
(i) in all publications, promotional and advertising Materials, signs or plaques displayed at the location where the Project is undertaken;
(ii) in all activities undertaken by it or on its behalf in relation to the Project;
(iii) if requested by the Department, with any products, processes or inventions developed as a result of the Project;
(iv) at any Project Event; and
(v) otherwise at the times and in the manner as the Department directs from time to time.
(b) The Recipient must submit any documentation containing the required acknowledgment under Item 6 of the Project Particulars to the Department 10 Business Days prior to publication or announcement of the event.
(c) If the Department requires amendments to a proposed form of words of a publication or announcement, the Recipient must make the required amendment before allowing the words to be published or announced.
(d) Notwithstanding the Department’s review or proposal of a revised form of words in accordance with this clause, the Recipient will at all times remain responsible for the content and accuracy of publications and announcements.
12.2 Project Events
(a) The Recipient must:
(i) invite representatives of the Department to all Project Events; and
(ii) ensure that the official proceedings in each Project Event allows for a Department representative to speak.
(b) Once any arrangement has been confirmed in relation to clause 12.2(a), the Recipient must, as soon as practicable, notify the Department in writing of any change to the Project Event.
12.3 Announcements
The Recipient must notify the Department, before making a public announcement in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated by it except if the announcement is required by Law or a regulatory body (including a relevant stock exchange), and provide a copy of the announcement to the Department.
13. Confidential Information
13.1 Confidential Information not to be disclosed
(a) Subject to clause 13.2, a party must not, without the prior written consent of the other party, disclose any Confidential Information of the other party to a third party.
(b) In giving written consent to the disclosure of Confidential Information, the Department may impose such conditions as it thinks fit, and the Recipient must comply with these conditions.
13.2 Exceptions to obligations
The obligations on the parties under this clause 13 will not be taken to have been breached to the extent that Confidential Information is:
(a) disclosed by a party to its Advisers or employees solely in order to comply with obligations, or to exercise rights, under this Agreement;
(b) disclosed to a party's internal management Personnel, solely to enable effective management or auditing of Agreement related activities;
(c) disclosed by the Department to the responsible Minister;
(d) disclosed by the Department, in response to a request by a House or a Committee of the Parliament of the Commonwealth;
(e) shared by the Department within the Department's organisation, or with another Commonwealth department or agency, where this serves the Commonwealth's legitimate interests;
(f) authorised or required by Law, including under this Agreement, under a licence or otherwise, to be disclosed; or
(g) in the public domain otherwise than due to a breach of this clause 13.
13.3 Obligations on disclosure
Where a party discloses Confidential Information to another person:
(a) pursuant to clauses 13.2(a), (b) or (e), the disclosing party must:
(i) notify the receiving person that the information is Confidential Information; and
(ii) not provide the information unless the receiving person agrees to keep the information confidential; or
(b) pursuant to clauses 13.2(c) and (d), the disclosing party must notify the receiving party that the information is Confidential Information.
13.4 No reduction in privacy obligations
Nothing in this clause 13 derogates from any obligation which either party may have either under the Privacy Act as amended from time to time, or under this Agreement, in relation to the protection of Personal Information.