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Reducing or adding to land specified in application
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29. (1) The Minister may, for any of the following purposes, grant a prospecting licence or a retention licence in which the land specified is less than the land specified in the application for the licence:
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(a) to promote good prospecting practices;
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(b) to protect national parks and monuments and environmentally sensitive areas;
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(c) to protect areas of archaeological heritage;
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(d) to avoid land used for military purposes;
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(e) to avoid urban or built up areas;
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(f) to have the boundaries of the land specified correspond with landmarks or well-known existing boundaries.
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(2) The Minister may, for any of the following purposes, grant a prospecting licence or retention licence in which the land specified is more than the land specified in the application for the licence:
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(a) to promote good prospecting practices;
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(b) to have the boundaries of the land specified correspond with landmarks or well known existing boundaries;
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(c) to eliminate gaps in areas to be prospected.
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