sec.61RGMinister and the plantation licensee may enter into new plantation licence etc.

### sec.61RG Minister and the plantation licensee may enter into new plantation licence etc. If the Minister approves the application for division, the Minister must, if requested by the applicant within 3 months after the approval is given, enter into an agreement as mentioned in section 61RC (1) (b) for the affected area ( new plantation licence ). On entering into the new plantation licence— the affected area stops being part of the licence area of the original plantation licence; and the Minister and the applicant must do everything necessary to lodge for registration a surrender of a plantation licence for the affected area. The Minister and the applicant may also amend a related agreement or enter into a new related agreement about operational and other matters relevant to the use and maintenance of the licence areas. The new plantation licence is subject to all relevant registered interests to which the affected area of the original plantation licence was subject with the same priorities. s 61RG ins 2010 No. 12 s 45 (sec.61RG-ssec.1) If the Minister approves the application for division, the Minister must, if requested by the applicant within 3 months after the approval is given, enter into an agreement as mentioned in section 61RC (1) (b) for the affected area ( new plantation licence ). (sec.61RG-ssec.2) On entering into the new plantation licence— the affected area stops being part of the licence area of the original plantation licence; and the Minister and the applicant must do everything necessary to lodge for registration a surrender of a plantation licence for the affected area. (sec.61RG-ssec.3) The Minister and the applicant may also amend a related agreement or enter into a new related agreement about operational and other matters relevant to the use and maintenance of the licence areas. (sec.61RG-ssec.4) The new plantation licence is subject to all relevant registered interests to which the affected area of the original plantation licence was subject with the same priorities. - (a) the affected area stops being part of the licence area of the original plantation licence; and - (b) the Minister and the applicant must do everything necessary to lodge for registration a surrender of a plantation licence for the affected area.