30Application for renewal of permit

#### 30 Application for renewal of permit (1) Subject to subsection (1A) and to sections 31 and 31A, a permittee may, from time to time, make an application to the Designated Authority for the renewal by the Joint Authority of the permit in respect of such of the blocks the subject of the permit as are specified in the application. (1A) A permittee shall not make an application for the renewal of a permit granted under section 22B if: (a) the instrument published under subsection 22A(1) in relation to the grant of the permit stated that the permit was not able to be renewed; or (b) a renewal of the permit has previously been granted by the Joint Authority. (2) An application for the renewal of the permit: (b) subject to subsection (3), shall be made in an approved manner not less than 3 months before the date of expiration of the permit; and (c) shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee. (3) The Designated Authority may, for reasons that he thinks sufficient, receive an application for the renewal of the permit less than 3 months before, but not in any case after, the date of expiration of the permit.