sec.68Adjustments for sub-blocks that can not be counted

### sec.68 Adjustments for sub-blocks that can not be counted This section applies for the relinquishment day for an authority to prospect if, after taking away all sub-blocks that, under section 67 , can not be counted for the relinquishment condition, the balance of the sub-blocks of the authority to prospect is less than the sub-blocks required to be relinquished under the usual relinquishment for the authority. The relinquishment condition is taken to have been complied with if the authority holder gives a relinquishment notice for all of the balance. However, if— a sub-block not counted for the relinquishment condition was the subject of an application for a potential commercial area; and the result of the application is that it is refused; the authority holder must, within 20 business days after the appeal period for the decision to refuse, give a relinquishment notice for that sub-block. s 68 amd 2004 No. 26 ss 84 , 69 (2) sch ; 2019 No. 17 s 295 ; 2020 No. 14 s 180 ; 2024 No. 33 s 161 (sec.68-ssec.1) This section applies for the relinquishment day for an authority to prospect if, after taking away all sub-blocks that, under section 67 , can not be counted for the relinquishment condition, the balance of the sub-blocks of the authority to prospect is less than the sub-blocks required to be relinquished under the usual relinquishment for the authority. (sec.68-ssec.2) The relinquishment condition is taken to have been complied with if the authority holder gives a relinquishment notice for all of the balance. (sec.68-ssec.3) However, if— a sub-block not counted for the relinquishment condition was the subject of an application for a potential commercial area; and the result of the application is that it is refused; the authority holder must, within 20 business days after the appeal period for the decision to refuse, give a relinquishment notice for that sub-block. - (a) a sub-block not counted for the relinquishment condition was the subject of an application for a potential commercial area; and - (b) the result of the application is that it is refused;