sec.318AYEarlier petroleum lease application

### sec.318AY Earlier petroleum lease application If— before the making of the mining lease application, a petroleum lease application was made for the land; and the petroleum lease application complies with the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act ; and the petroleum lease application has not been decided; a mining lease notice can not be issued for the mining lease application until the petroleum lease application has been decided. However, subsection (1) does not apply if— the mining lease application was made in response to an invitation in a notice given under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act , section 323 and the application was made within 6 months after the giving of the notice; or the petroleum lease applicant has given written consent to the mining lease application. See, however, the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act , chapter 3 , part 2 , division 3 (Petroleum lease applications in response to Mineral Resources Act preference decision) and section 315 (Earlier coal or oil shale mining lease application). s 318AY ins 2004 No. 25 s 1020 amd 2012 No. 20 s 125 sch 1 ; 2014 No. 47 s 457A (amd 2016 No. 30 s 98 ) (sec.318AY-ssec.1) If— before the making of the mining lease application, a petroleum lease application was made for the land; and the petroleum lease application complies with the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act ; and the petroleum lease application has not been decided; a mining lease notice can not be issued for the mining lease application until the petroleum lease application has been decided. (sec.318AY-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if— the mining lease application was made in response to an invitation in a notice given under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act , section 323 and the application was made within 6 months after the giving of the notice; or the petroleum lease applicant has given written consent to the mining lease application. See, however, the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act , chapter 3 , part 2 , division 3 (Petroleum lease applications in response to Mineral Resources Act preference decision) and section 315 (Earlier coal or oil shale mining lease application). - (a) before the making of the mining lease application, a petroleum lease application was made for the land; and - (b) the petroleum lease application complies with the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act ; and - (c) the petroleum lease application has not been decided; - (a) the mining lease application was made in response to an invitation in a notice given under the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act , section 323 and the application was made within 6 months after the giving of the notice; or - (b) the petroleum lease applicant has given written consent to the mining lease application.