22Grant or refusal of permit

22 Grant or refusal of permit (1) Where an application has been made under section 20, the Minister may: (a) by notice in writing served on the applicant, inform the applicant that he is prepared to grant to the applicant a permit in respect of the block or blocks specified in the notice; or (b) refuse to grant a permit. (2) A notice under subsection (1) shall contain: (a) a summary of the conditions subject to which the permit is to applicant does not make a request under subsection (3) in respect of the grant of the permit. (3) An applicant who has been served with a notice under service of the notice on him, or within such further period, not exceeding one month, as the Minister, on application in writing served on him before the expiration of the first-mentioned period of one month, allows, by notice in writing served on the Minister, request the Minister to grant to him the permit referred to in the first-

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1981 22 mentioned notice. (4) Where an applicant who has been served with a notice under subsection (1) has made a request under subsection (3) within the period applicable under subsection (3), the Minister shall grant to him a permit in respect of the block or blocks specified in the notice. (5) Where an applicant who has been served with a notice under subsection (1) has not made a request under subsection (3) within the period applicable under subsection (3), the application lapses