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Offshore Minerals Act 1998
sec.63Minister may provisionally grant tenure
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sec.63 Minister may provisionally grant tenure
If the applicant does what is required by sections 54 to 61 , the Minister may— provisionally grant an exploration permit to the applicant; or refuse the application. Under section 88 , 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 70 for proper acceptance ).
- (a) provisionally grant an exploration permit to the applicant; or
- (b) refuse the application.