sec.315Earlier coal or oil shale mining lease application

### sec.315 Earlier coal or oil shale mining lease application The ATP-related application must not be decided if— before the making of the ATP-related application, a coal or oil shale mining lease application was made for the land; and the mining lease application complies with the Mineral Resources Act , sections 245 and 246 , and any relevant provision of chapter 8 of that Act; and the mining lease application has not been decided. However, subsection (1) does not apply if— the ATP-related application was made in response to an invitation in a notice given under the Mineral Resources Act , section 318BG and the application was made within 6 months after the giving of the notice; or the coal or oil shale mining lease applicant has given written consent to the petroleum lease application. See however the Mineral Resources Act , chapter 8 , part 4 (Coal mining lease and oil shale mining lease applications in response to Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act preference decision). See also the Mineral Resources Act , section 318AY (Earlier petroleum lease application). s 315 amd 2005 No. 3 s 105 sch ; 2011 No. 2 ss 121 , 122 sch ; 2012 No. 20 s 323 sch 3 (sec.315-ssec.1) The ATP-related application must not be decided if— before the making of the ATP-related application, a coal or oil shale mining lease application was made for the land; and the mining lease application complies with the Mineral Resources Act , sections 245 and 246 , and any relevant provision of chapter 8 of that Act; and the mining lease application has not been decided. (sec.315-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if— the ATP-related application was made in response to an invitation in a notice given under the Mineral Resources Act , section 318BG and the application was made within 6 months after the giving of the notice; or the coal or oil shale mining lease applicant has given written consent to the petroleum lease application. See however the Mineral Resources Act , chapter 8 , part 4 (Coal mining lease and oil shale mining lease applications in response to Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act preference decision). See also the Mineral Resources Act , section 318AY (Earlier petroleum lease application). - (a) before the making of the ATP-related application, a coal or oil shale mining lease application was made for the land; and - (b) the mining lease application complies with the Mineral Resources Act , sections 245 and 246 , and any relevant provision of chapter 8 of that Act; and - (c) the mining lease application has not been decided. - (a) the ATP-related application was made in response to an invitation in a notice given under the Mineral Resources Act , section 318BG and the application was made within 6 months after the giving of the notice; or - (b) the coal or oil shale mining lease applicant has given written consent to the petroleum lease application.