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GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ACT 2010 No. 31 - SECT 287

287 Deciding application

(1) The Minister must decide whether or not to approve and register the third party transfer or sublease.

(2) The approval may be given only if--

(a) the proposed transferee or sublessee--
(i) continues to be an eligible person; and
(ii) is a holder of the relevant environmental authority and any relevant Water Act authorisation; and
(b) either--
(i) any financial assurance required under the Environmental Protection Act for the environmental authority has been given; or
(ii) the administering authority under that Act has given the Minister notice that it has not required financial assurance under that Act from the proposed transferee or sublessee for the environmental authority; and
(c) for a sublease--
(i) the authorised activities for the relevant geothermal lease proposed to be carried out under the sublease are not inconsistent with the lease; and
(ii) the Minister has approved the plan of survey accompanying the application.

(3) In making the decision, the Minister must consider the relevant criteria under chapter 2 or 3 for obtaining the relevant type of geothermal tenure.



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