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GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ACT 2010 No. 31 - SECT 35

35 Who may apply

(1) Any eligible person may apply for a geothermal permit for land other than--

(a) land in a restricted area; or
(b) excluded land; or
(c) land in an existing geothermal tenure's area; or
(d) land that has been in a geothermal tenure's area within 2 months before the making of the application.

(2) Also, a geothermal permit application (the relevant application) may be made for land the subject of an existing application only if--

(a) the land is in a released area and the relevant application is made during the application period for the area; or
(b) the existing application was made on the same day as the relevant application.

(3) Despite subsection (1), a geothermal permit application can not be made for geothermal exploration--

(a) for exempt heat pump production; or
(b) to evaluate the feasibility of exempt heat pump production.

(4) In this section--

existing application means another geothermal permit application made but not decided.



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