PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 323 Notice to applicant and coal or oil shale exploration tenement holder

PETROLEUM AND GAS (PRODUCTION AND SAFETY) ACT 2004 - SECT 323

323 Notice to applicant and coal or oil shale exploration tenement holder

(1) The chief executive must give the applicant and the coal or oil shale exploration tenement holder notice of the preference decision.

(2) The notice must invite the tenement holder to, within 6 months after the giving of the notice (the
"mining lease application period" ), apply for a mining lease for—

(a) if the preference is for all of the land—all of the land; or

(b) if the preference is for part of the land—that part.