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Offshore Minerals Act 1999
143Minister may provisionally grant licence
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143 Minister may provisionally grant licence
143 Minister may provisionally grant licence
If the applicant does what is required by sections 138 to 141, the Minister may:
(a) subject to section 145, provisionally grant a retention licence to the applicant, or
(b) refuse the application.
Note—
Under section 154, the grant of the licence cannot 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 151 for proper acceptance).