If —
(a) an
application made under section 20 for the grant of a permit was a joint
application; and
(b) all
of the joint applicants, by written notice served on the Minister, inform the
Minister that one or more, but not all, of them, as specified in the notice,
withdraw from the application,
the following
paragraphs have effect —
(c) the
application continues in force as if it had been made by the remaining
applicant or applicants;
(d) if
the Minister had informed the joint applicants that the Minister was prepared
to grant to the applicants a permit in respect of the block or blocks to which
the application relates — the Minister is taken not to have so informed
the applicants.
[Section 23B inserted: No. 42 of 2010 s. 78.]