200Effect of inclusion of unavailable block in application

200 Effect of inclusion of unavailable block in application

200 Effect of inclusion of unavailable block in application

If:

(a) a person applies under section 197 or 198 for a licence over a group of blocks, and

(b) because of section 18, 197 or 198 a mining licence cannot be granted over one or more of the blocks in the group,

the Minister may still deal with the application to the extent to which the application covers blocks for which a mining licence can be granted.

Note—

A mining licence cannot be granted over a block that is not vacant or over a reserved block (see section 18).