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37 Restrictions on area to which lease applies
(1) In granting a retention lease, the Minister must ensure that the lease area is the minimum area necessary—
(a) to cover the maximum extent of the geothermal energy resource; and
(b) to enable future geothermal energy extraction.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) authorises the Minister to include in the lease area any area that was not within the area to which the lease holder's exploration permit applied.