sec.351Joint holders of a geothermal tenure

### sec.351 Joint holders of a geothermal tenure A geothermal tenure may be held by 2 or more persons as joint tenants or as tenants in common. If— an application is made for a geothermal tenure, or for approval under the Common Provisions Act of a prescribed dealing that is a transfer of a geothermal tenure, for more than 1 proposed holder or transferee; and the application does not show whether the proposed holders or transferees are to hold as joint tenants or as tenants in common; and the application is granted; the chief executive must record in the register that the applicants hold the geothermal tenure as tenants in common. In this section— geothermal tenure includes a share in a geothermal tenure. s 351 amd 2012 No. 20 s 133 ; 2014 No. 47 ss 291 , 310 ; 2020 No. 14 s 218 sch 1 (sec.351-ssec.1) A geothermal tenure may be held by 2 or more persons as joint tenants or as tenants in common. (sec.351-ssec.2) If— an application is made for a geothermal tenure, or for approval under the Common Provisions Act of a prescribed dealing that is a transfer of a geothermal tenure, for more than 1 proposed holder or transferee; and the application does not show whether the proposed holders or transferees are to hold as joint tenants or as tenants in common; and the application is granted; the chief executive must record in the register that the applicants hold the geothermal tenure as tenants in common. (sec.351-ssec.3) In this section— geothermal tenure includes a share in a geothermal tenure. - (a) an application is made for a geothermal tenure, or for approval under the Common Provisions Act of a prescribed dealing that is a transfer of a geothermal tenure, for more than 1 proposed holder or transferee; and - (b) the application does not show whether the proposed holders or transferees are to hold as joint tenants or as tenants in common; and - (c) the application is granted;