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GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ACT 2010 No. 31 - SECT 506

506 Replacement of ch 4, pt 4 (Priority to particular mining or petroleum lease applications)

Chapter 4, part 4--

omit, insert--

'If--

(a) a GHG lease application is made; and
(b) before the making of that application, an application (the other application) was made for a geothermal lease, mining lease or petroleum lease (the other proposed lease); and
(c) the other application had not been decided before the making of the GHG lease application; and
(d) the other proposed lease is an overlapping resource authority for the proposed GHG lease;

the GHG lease application must not be decided until the other lease application has been decided.

'(1) This section applies for a GHG lease application if--

(a) before the making of the application, an approval under the Environmental Protection Act, chapter 3, part 2 was granted for the voluntary preparation of an EIS; and
(b) the EIS is for a project that is or includes a proposed geothermal lease, mining lease or petroleum lease (the other proposed lease) for land the subject of the application.

'(2) The application must not be decided until--

(a) if no application is made for the other proposed lease within 2 years after the granting of the approval--the end of the 2 years; or
(b) if an application is made for the other proposed lease within the 2 years--that application is decided.

'(1) This section applies for a GHG lease application if--

(a) before the making of the application, a significant project was declared; and
(b) the project is or includes a proposed geothermal lease, mining lease or petroleum lease (the other proposed lease) for land the subject of the application.

'(2) The application must not be decided until--

(a) if no application is made for the other proposed lease within 1 year after the making of the declaration--the end of that year; or
(b) if an application is made for the other proposed lease within that year--that application is decided.'.


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