35Combined conditions

35 Combined conditions (1) The Minister may treat 2 or more licences of the same type held by the same person as a single licence over the combined areas covered by the licences for the purpose of determining whether conditions of any of those licences about expenditure have been complied with. (2) The Minister may do this— (b) on the Minister's own initiative, after consultation with the licensee. (3) It is not necessary that areas combined for the purposes of this section adjoin each other.