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PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT 1982 - SECT 26

26 .         Request by applicant for grant of permit in respect of advertised blocks

        (1)         An applicant on whom there has been served an instrument under section 25 may, within a period of 3 months after the date of service of the instrument on him, or within such further period, not exceeding 3 months, as the Minister, on application in writing served on him before the expiration of the first-mentioned period of 3 months, allows —

            (a)         by instrument in writing served on the Minister, request the Minister to grant to him the permit referred to in the first-mentioned instrument; and

            (b)         pay the balance of the amount to be paid in respect of the grant of the permit to the applicant.

        (2)         Where an applicant on whom there has been served an instrument under section 25

            (a)         has not made a request under subsection (1); or

            (b)         has not paid the balance of the amount to be paid in respect of the grant of the permit to the applicant,

                within the period applicable under subsection (1) the application lapses upon the expiration of that period.

        (3)         Where the application of an applicant on whom there has been served an instrument under section 25(2) lapses as provided by subsection (2), section 25(2) applies in respect of the application or applications, if any, then remaining unrejected.

        [Section 26 amended: No. 28 of 1994 s. 84; No. 42 of 2010 s. 82.]



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