### sec.179 Minister may require further negotiation The Minister may, after receiving the notice under section 178(5), require the lessee to conduct negotiations with the MDL holder or the MDL applicant with a view to agreeing about changes of a type mentioned in section 178(3)(b). The lessee must use all reasonable attempts to comply with the requirement. If the lessee does not comply with subsection (2), the Minister may refuse to approve the lessee’s proposed later development plan. s 179 ins 2004 No. 26 s 68 (sec.179-ssec.1) The Minister may, after receiving the notice under section 178(5), require the lessee to conduct negotiations with the MDL holder or the MDL applicant with a view to agreeing about changes of a type mentioned in section 178(3)(b). (sec.179-ssec.2) The lessee must use all reasonable attempts to comply with the requirement. (sec.179-ssec.3) If the lessee does not comply with subsection (2), the Minister may refuse to approve the lessee’s proposed later development plan.

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