sec.303Deciding application

### sec.303 Deciding application The Minister may approve a surrender only if— up to the day the application was made, the holder had submitted all reports required to be submitted under this Act; and for a surrender of all of the area of the geothermal tenure—all of the relevant environmental authority has been cancelled or surrendered; and for a surrender of part of the area of the geothermal tenure—the relevant environmental authority has been amended or partially surrendered in a way that reflects the partial surrender of the tenure; and all geothermal wells in the geothermal tenure’s area have been decommissioned in the way required under section 200 . In deciding whether to give the approval, the Minister must consider the extent to which the applicant has complied with the geothermal tenure’s conditions. If the application is for part of the area of the geothermal tenure, the surrender may be approved subject to the applicant’s written agreement to the Minister amending the conditions applying to the rest of the area of the tenure in a stated way the Minister considers appropriate. (sec.303-ssec.1) The Minister may approve a surrender only if— up to the day the application was made, the holder had submitted all reports required to be submitted under this Act; and for a surrender of all of the area of the geothermal tenure—all of the relevant environmental authority has been cancelled or surrendered; and for a surrender of part of the area of the geothermal tenure—the relevant environmental authority has been amended or partially surrendered in a way that reflects the partial surrender of the tenure; and all geothermal wells in the geothermal tenure’s area have been decommissioned in the way required under section 200 . (sec.303-ssec.2) In deciding whether to give the approval, the Minister must consider the extent to which the applicant has complied with the geothermal tenure’s conditions. (sec.303-ssec.3) If the application is for part of the area of the geothermal tenure, the surrender may be approved subject to the applicant’s written agreement to the Minister amending the conditions applying to the rest of the area of the tenure in a stated way the Minister considers appropriate. - (a) up to the day the application was made, the holder had submitted all reports required to be submitted under this Act; and - (b) for a surrender of all of the area of the geothermal tenure—all of the relevant environmental authority has been cancelled or surrendered; and - (c) for a surrender of part of the area of the geothermal tenure—the relevant environmental authority has been amended or partially surrendered in a way that reflects the partial surrender of the tenure; and - (d) all geothermal wells in the geothermal tenure’s area have been decommissioned in the way required under section 200 .