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Petroleum Act 1998
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78 Procedure if application granted
(1) If the Minister grants an application, she or he must—
(a) amend the production licence to excise the relevant land from the licence area; and
(b) notify the applicant and the holder of the production licence in writing that the licence has been amended in that way; and
(c) invite applications for the grant of a production licence in relation to the excised land; and
(d) notify the applicant and the holder of the production licence in writing of the invitation.
(2) Division 3 (other than section 50(1)) applies to the grant of a production licence under this section and applies as if a reference in that Division—
(a) to an invitation was a reference to an invitation under subsection (1); and
(b) to "this Division" was a reference to this Division.