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Offshore Minerals Act 1998
sec.200Effect of inclusion of unavailable sub-block in application
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sec.200 Effect of inclusion of unavailable sub-block in application
If— a person applies under section 197 or 198 for a tenure over a group of sub-blocks; and because of section 18 , 197 or 198 a mining lease can not be granted over 1 or more of the sub-blocks in the group; the Minister may still deal with the application to the extent to which the application covers sub-blocks for which a mining lease can be granted. A mining lease can not be granted over a sub-block that is not vacant or over a reserved sub-block (see section 18 ).
- (a) a person applies under section 197 or 198 for a tenure over a group of sub-blocks; and
- (b) because of section 18 , 197 or 198 a mining lease can not be granted over 1 or more of the sub-blocks in the group;