(1) The Minister may decide excluded land for a GHG lease or proposed GHG lease.
(2) However, the power under subsection (1) may be exercised only when the Minister is deciding whether to--
(a) grant the GHG lease; or
(b) approve any later development plan for the GHG lease.
(3) However, excluded land--
(a) must be within any sub-block that the GHG lease states is included in its area; and
(b) can not be a whole sub-block.
(4) For subsection (3)(a), if the instrument--
(a) states that the GHG lease's area includes land within a block; but
(b) does not include or exclude any particular sub-block within that block;
the reference to the block is a reference to all sub-blocks within the block other than any sub-block that is completely within the area of another GHG tenure.
(5) Excluded land may be described in a way the Minister considers appropriate, including for example, by area or by reference to a stated type of land.
(6) Land ceases to be excluded land for a GHG lease if for any reason, the sub-block in which the land is located ceases to be in the lease's area.