sec.93Extension of term of declaration

### sec.93 Extension of term of declaration If— a declaration of a potential commercial area is in force for the area of an authority to prospect; and under the Mineral Resources Act , chapter 8 , part 2 or 3 , a coal or oil shale mining lease has been granted over the area; the Minister may, on the application of the authority to prospect holder, extend the term of the declaration for a period that ends no later than 2 years after the mining lease, or any renewal of the mining lease, ends. The application must be accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation. On refusal of the application, the applicant must be given an information notice about the decision to refuse. s 93 amd 2004 No. 26 s 92 ; 2005 No. 3 s 105 sch ; 2012 No. 20 ss 281 sch 2 , 323 sch 3 (sec.93-ssec.1) If— a declaration of a potential commercial area is in force for the area of an authority to prospect; and under the Mineral Resources Act , chapter 8 , part 2 or 3 , a coal or oil shale mining lease has been granted over the area; the Minister may, on the application of the authority to prospect holder, extend the term of the declaration for a period that ends no later than 2 years after the mining lease, or any renewal of the mining lease, ends. (sec.93-ssec.2) The application must be accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation. (sec.93-ssec.3) On refusal of the application, the applicant must be given an information notice about the decision to refuse. - (a) a declaration of a potential commercial area is in force for the area of an authority to prospect; and - (b) under the Mineral Resources Act , chapter 8 , part 2 or 3 , a coal or oil shale mining lease has been granted over the area;