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MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 67H Granting application for production licence

MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 67H

Granting application for production licence

(1)  After considering an application for a licence and any recommendation of the Director (but subject to any decision of the Mining Tribunal), the Minister may –
(a) grant the application; or
(b) refuse to grant the application.
(2)  If the Minister intends to grant an application for a licence contrary to the recommendation of the Director –
(a) the Director is to notify that intention in accordance with section 67D(2) ; and
(b) a person with an interest or estate in the land in respect of which the licence is sought is entitled to object in accordance with section 67E .
(3)  The Minister, by notice in writing, must notify the applicant of –
(a) the grant of the application; or
(b) the refusal to grant the application and the reasons for the refusal.