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Mineral Resources Development Act 1995
161EDirector to publish notice where licence ceases to apply to land
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### 161E Director to publish notice where licence ceases to apply to land
> [*\[Section 161E Inserted by No. 24 of 2013, s. 118, Applied:28 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-28/act-2013-024#GS118@EN)
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> > (1) In this section –
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> > > ***Department*** means the department responsible, in relation to the administration of this Act, to the Minister to whom the administration of this Act is assigned;
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> > > ***relevant licence*** means an exploration licence, a special exploration licence or a retention licence.
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> > (2) As soon as practicable after a relevant licence ceases to be in force, the Director must ensure that a notice, specifying –
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> > > > (a) that the licence has ceased to be in force on a date specified in the notice; and
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> > > > (b) the area of land to which the licence related; and
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> > > > (c) that applications may be made under this Act for a lease, or a licence, in relation to a mineral, or a category of minerals, to which the licence related, on or after the date specified for that purpose in the notice –
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> > is published on a website of the Department, and remains on that website until at least the expiry of the date specified in accordance with [paragraph (c)](#GS161E@Gs2@Hpc@EN) .
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> > (3) The date specified for the purposes of [subsection (2)(c)](#GS161E@Gs2@Hpc@EN) in a notice in relation to a relevant licence is to be a day that is at least 2 months after the area of land to which the notice relates is no longer subject to the relevant licence.