sec.113Blocks or sub-blocks that can not be counted towards relinquishment

### sec.113 Blocks or sub-blocks that can not be counted towards relinquishment The following can not be counted as blocks or sub-blocks relinquished for the relinquishment condition— blocks or sub-blocks in an area that, under section 189 , have ceased to be included in the geothermal permit’s area; blocks or sub-blocks the subject of a geothermal lease application or potential geothermal commercial area; blocks or sub-blocks relinquished under a penalty relinquishment. To remove any doubt, it is declared that— a potential geothermal commercial area can be relinquished and can be counted as an area relinquished for the relinquishment condition; but the mere fact of the declaration of the blocks or sub-blocks as a potential geothermal commercial area for the geothermal permit is not, of itself, a relinquishment. (sec.113-ssec.1) The following can not be counted as blocks or sub-blocks relinquished for the relinquishment condition— blocks or sub-blocks in an area that, under section 189 , have ceased to be included in the geothermal permit’s area; blocks or sub-blocks the subject of a geothermal lease application or potential geothermal commercial area; blocks or sub-blocks relinquished under a penalty relinquishment. (sec.113-ssec.2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that— a potential geothermal commercial area can be relinquished and can be counted as an area relinquished for the relinquishment condition; but the mere fact of the declaration of the blocks or sub-blocks as a potential geothermal commercial area for the geothermal permit is not, of itself, a relinquishment. - (a) blocks or sub-blocks in an area that, under section 189 , have ceased to be included in the geothermal permit’s area; - (b) blocks or sub-blocks the subject of a geothermal lease application or potential geothermal commercial area; - (c) blocks or sub-blocks relinquished under a penalty relinquishment. - (a) a potential geothermal commercial area can be relinquished and can be counted as an area relinquished for the relinquishment condition; but - (b) the mere fact of the declaration of the blocks or sub-blocks as a potential geothermal commercial area for the geothermal permit is not, of itself, a relinquishment.