sec.344Application of div 2

### sec.344 Application of div 2 This division applies if a person wishes to make an application for a petroleum lease for all or part of land in the area of a coal or oil shale mining lease. However, this division does not apply if— the person is the mining lease holder; or the application is to be made jointly with the holder; or the application relates to land in the area of a coal or oil shale exploration tenement that is a mineral (f) pilot tenure. If— the land is also in the area of a coal or oil shale exploration tenement; and the same person holds the mining lease and the exploration tenement; a reference in this division to the mining lease holder includes a reference to the exploration tenement holder. If the coal or oil shale mining lease and the coal or oil shale exploration tenement are held by different persons, see section 307 . s 344 amd 2005 No. 3 s 105 sch ; 2010 No. 31 s 432 ; 2011 No. 2 ss 121 , 122 sch (sec.344-ssec.1) This division applies if a person wishes to make an application for a petroleum lease for all or part of land in the area of a coal or oil shale mining lease. (sec.344-ssec.2) However, this division does not apply if— the person is the mining lease holder; or the application is to be made jointly with the holder; or the application relates to land in the area of a coal or oil shale exploration tenement that is a mineral (f) pilot tenure. (sec.344-ssec.3) If— the land is also in the area of a coal or oil shale exploration tenement; and the same person holds the mining lease and the exploration tenement; a reference in this division to the mining lease holder includes a reference to the exploration tenement holder. If the coal or oil shale mining lease and the coal or oil shale exploration tenement are held by different persons, see section 307 . - (a) the person is the mining lease holder; or - (b) the application is to be made jointly with the holder; or - (c) the application relates to land in the area of a coal or oil shale exploration tenement that is a mineral (f) pilot tenure. - (a) the land is also in the area of a coal or oil shale exploration tenement; and - (b) the same person holds the mining lease and the exploration tenement;