sec.136MApplication for exploration permit for surrendered exploration permits

### sec.136M Application for exploration permit for surrendered exploration permits This section applies if the holder of an exploration permit for coal intends to surrender the permit. The holder may apply for a new exploration permit for the whole or part of the area of the exploration permit to be surrendered. The application must be made in the same way an application for an exploration permit is made under section 133 . The Minister may give the applicant a notice requiring the applicant to give the Minister information the Minister reasonably requires to assess the application. If the information is not given to the Minister within the reasonable period stated in the notice, the Minister may refuse the application. An application for a new exploration permit under this section must be numbered in the way prescribed under a regulation and the number, if the permit is granted, must become the number of that permit. s 136M ins 2013 No. 10 s 50 amd 2019 No. 17 s 253 (sec.136M-ssec.1) This section applies if the holder of an exploration permit for coal intends to surrender the permit. (sec.136M-ssec.2) The holder may apply for a new exploration permit for the whole or part of the area of the exploration permit to be surrendered. (sec.136M-ssec.3) The application must be made in the same way an application for an exploration permit is made under section 133 . (sec.136M-ssec.4) The Minister may give the applicant a notice requiring the applicant to give the Minister information the Minister reasonably requires to assess the application. (sec.136M-ssec.5) If the information is not given to the Minister within the reasonable period stated in the notice, the Minister may refuse the application. (sec.136M-ssec.6) An application for a new exploration permit under this section must be numbered in the way prescribed under a regulation and the number, if the permit is granted, must become the number of that permit.