sec.872Application or tender for exploration permit made before commencement

### sec.872 Application or tender for exploration permit made before commencement This section applies if— before the commencement, a person made an application under chapter 4, part 2, or a tender under chapter 4, part 3, for an exploration permit; and immediately before the commencement, the exploration permit had not been granted. Section 137 as in force immediately before the commencement applies in relation to the grant of the permit. s 872 ins 2020 No. 14 s 151 (sec.872-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, a person made an application under chapter 4, part 2, or a tender under chapter 4, part 3, for an exploration permit; and immediately before the commencement, the exploration permit had not been granted. (sec.872-ssec.2) Section 137 as in force immediately before the commencement applies in relation to the grant of the permit. - (a) before the commencement, a person made an application under chapter 4, part 2, or a tender under chapter 4, part 3, for an exploration permit; and - (b) immediately before the commencement, the exploration permit had not been granted.