Minerals Development Act 2017
Competition for certain licences | ||
19. (1) The Minister may invite applications for a new prospecting licence over land specified in a prospecting licence or retention licence that— | ||
(a) has expired and not been renewed, | ||
(b) has been revoked in accordance with section 43 , | ||
(c) has terminated in accordance with section 44 , or | ||
(d) has been surrendered in accordance with section 45 . | ||
(2) An invitation under subsection (1) shall— | ||
(a) be published in at least one national newspaper, | ||
(b) identify the prospecting licence or retention licence that has expired, been revoked, terminated or been surrendered, and | ||
(c) state that an application for a licence over the land specified in the licence may be submitted to the Minister within a period determined by the Minister specified in the invitation. |