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Offshore Minerals Act 1999
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63 Minister may provisionally grant licence
63 Minister may provisionally grant licence
If the applicant does what is required by sections 54 to 61, the Minister may:
(a) provisionally grant an exploration licence to the applicant, or
(b) refuse the application.
Note—
Under section 88, 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 70 for “proper acceptance”).