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Offshore Minerals Act 1998
sec.206Minister may provisionally grant tenure
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sec.206 Minister may provisionally grant tenure
If the applicant does what is required by sections 199 , 201 , 202 and 204 , the Minister may— provisionally grant a mining lease to the applicant; or subject to section 208 , refuse the application. Under section 232 , the grant of the tenure can not be effective before it is registered (see section 333 for registration). The grant will not be registered until it has been properly accepted (see section 214 for proper acceptance ).
- (a) provisionally grant a mining lease to the applicant; or
- (b) subject to section 208 , refuse the application.