sec.578Deciding application

### sec.578 Deciding application The Minister may approve a surrender only if— up to the day the application was made, the holder had submitted all reports required to be submitted under this Act; and the Minister considers the surrender is not against the public interest; and for a surrender of all of the area of the petroleum authority—all of the relevant environmental authority has been cancelled or surrendered; and for a surrender of part the area of the petroleum authority—the relevant environmental authority has been amended or partially surrendered in a way that reflects the partial surrender of the petroleum authority. The matters that must be considered in deciding whether to approve a surrender include the extent to which the applicant has complied with the conditions of the authority. If the application is for part of the area of a petroleum authority, the surrender may be approved subject to the applicant’s written agreement to the Minister amending the conditions applying to the rest of the area of the authority in a stated way that the Minister considers appropriate. s 578 amd 2011 No. 2 s 121 (sec.578-ssec.1) The Minister may approve a surrender only if— up to the day the application was made, the holder had submitted all reports required to be submitted under this Act; and the Minister considers the surrender is not against the public interest; and for a surrender of all of the area of the petroleum authority—all of the relevant environmental authority has been cancelled or surrendered; and for a surrender of part the area of the petroleum authority—the relevant environmental authority has been amended or partially surrendered in a way that reflects the partial surrender of the petroleum authority. (sec.578-ssec.2) The matters that must be considered in deciding whether to approve a surrender include the extent to which the applicant has complied with the conditions of the authority. (sec.578-ssec.3) If the application is for part of the area of a petroleum authority, the surrender may be approved subject to the applicant’s written agreement to the Minister amending the conditions applying to the rest of the area of the authority in a stated way that the Minister considers appropriate. - (a) up to the day the application was made, the holder had submitted all reports required to be submitted under this Act; and - (b) the Minister considers the surrender is not against the public interest; and - (c) for a surrender of all of the area of the petroleum authority—all of the relevant environmental authority has been cancelled or surrendered; and - (d) for a surrender of part the area of the petroleum authority—the relevant environmental authority has been amended or partially surrendered in a way that reflects the partial surrender of the petroleum authority.