(a) On termination of the entitlement of a Recipient to hold State Confidential Information under clause 7.3, without limitation to the other rights of the State:
(i) the right of that Recipient to use State Confidential Information ceases; and
(ii) the Proponent must immediately procure that, except to the extent prohibited by Law from doing so, and subject to clause 7.4(b), such State Confidential Information is, at the State's option:
A. returned to the State;
B. destroyed and that destruction certified to the State;
C. destroyed and a representative of the State is permitted to witness that destruction; or
D. dealt with in some other manner nominated by the State.
(b) The Proponent may request the State's consent to an exception to the Proponent's obligations under clause 7.4(a)(ii) where the State Confidential Information is incorporated into board papers and associated documents, is proposed to be retained for corporate governance purposes or as part of the professional duties of advisors or forms part of information technology backup. The State must not unreasonably withhold or delay its consent to such a request from the Proponent. Any such consent will not limit the obligations of the Proponent, or the rights of the State, under this clause 7 (other than clause 7.3), in relation to that State Confidential Information.