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Mineral Resources Development Act 1995
100Surrender of mining lease
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### 100 Surrender of mining lease
> > (1) A lessee may apply to the Director for approval to surrender a lease or part of a lease.
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> > (2) An application for approval to surrender a lease or part of a lease is to be –
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> > > > (a) in an approved form; and
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> > > > (b) accompanied by the lease; and
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> > > > (c) accompanied by the prescribed fee; and
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> > > > (d) lodged with the Registrar.
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> > (3) The Director may –
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> > > > (a) approve the application, with or without any conditions; or
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> > > > (b) refuse to approve the application.
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> > (4) The Director, by notice in writing, is to notify the applicant of –
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> > > > (a) the approval of the application; or
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> > > > (b) the refusal to approve the application and the reasons for the refusal.
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> > (5) [*\[Section 100 Subsection (5) inserted by No. 24 of 2013, s. 96, Applied:28 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-28/act-2013-024#GS96@EN) If the Director approves an application on conditions, the Director, by notice in writing, is to notify the applicant when the Director is satisfied that all the conditions have been fulfilled.
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> > (6) [*\[Section 100 Subsection (6) inserted by No. 24 of 2013, s. 96, Applied:28 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-28/act-2013-024#GS96@EN) If the Director approves an application, the lease, or the part of the lease, to which the application relates –
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> > > > (a) is, if the application is approved without conditions, surrendered on the date on which the Director approves the application; or
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> > > > (b) is, if the application is approved with conditions, surrendered on the date on which the Director gives to the applicant notice under [subsection (5)](#GS100@Gs5@EN) that the Director is satisfied that all the conditions have been fulfilled.