MINES LEGISLATION (STREAMLINING) AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 20 - SECT 130 130 Amendment of s 39 (Deciding whether to grant geothermal permit)

MINES LEGISLATION (STREAMLINING) AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 20 - SECT 130

Section 39(3) and (4)—

omit, insert—

'(3) The Minister can not grant a geothermal permit unless the applicant—

(a) has paid the annual rent for the first year of the geothermal permit; and

(b) if the Minister requires the applicant to give security under section 204—has given the security.'.