sec.72Ministerial direction to apply for geothermal lease

### sec.72 Ministerial direction to apply for geothermal lease The Minister may give the geothermal permit holder a notice stating the following— that the Minister proposes to do either of the following, (the proposed action ) unless the holder has made an appropriate lease application— excise a stated area from the area of the geothermal permit; cancel the geothermal permit; the grounds for the proposed action; the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds; that the holder may, within a stated period, make submissions to the Minister about why the holder should not make a geothermal lease application under chapter 3 , part 2 for the stated area. For other relevant provisions about making a submission, see section 363 . The stated period must be reasonable but must not be more than 6 months. In this section— appropriate lease application means a geothermal lease application for— the stated area or an area that is substantially the same as the stated area; or another area the Minister reasonably considers will effectively allow the holder to carry out authorised activities for a geothermal lease in relation to the stated area. s 72 amd 2012 No. 20 s 281 sch 2 (sec.72-ssec.1) The Minister may give the geothermal permit holder a notice stating the following— that the Minister proposes to do either of the following, (the proposed action ) unless the holder has made an appropriate lease application— excise a stated area from the area of the geothermal permit; cancel the geothermal permit; the grounds for the proposed action; the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds; that the holder may, within a stated period, make submissions to the Minister about why the holder should not make a geothermal lease application under chapter 3 , part 2 for the stated area. For other relevant provisions about making a submission, see section 363 . (sec.72-ssec.2) The stated period must be reasonable but must not be more than 6 months. (sec.72-ssec.3) In this section— appropriate lease application means a geothermal lease application for— the stated area or an area that is substantially the same as the stated area; or another area the Minister reasonably considers will effectively allow the holder to carry out authorised activities for a geothermal lease in relation to the stated area. - (a) that the Minister proposes to do either of the following, (the proposed action ) unless the holder has made an appropriate lease application— (i) excise a stated area from the area of the geothermal permit; (ii) cancel the geothermal permit; - (i) excise a stated area from the area of the geothermal permit; - (ii) cancel the geothermal permit; - (b) the grounds for the proposed action; - (c) the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds; - (d) that the holder may, within a stated period, make submissions to the Minister about why the holder should not make a geothermal lease application under chapter 3 , part 2 for the stated area. Note— For other relevant provisions about making a submission, see section 363 . - (i) excise a stated area from the area of the geothermal permit; - (ii) cancel the geothermal permit; - (a) the stated area or an area that is substantially the same as the stated area; or - (b) another area the Minister reasonably considers will effectively allow the holder to carry out authorised activities for a geothermal lease in relation to the stated area.