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MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 67P Extension of term of production licence

MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 67P

Extension of term of production licence

(1)  A person may apply to the Minister for an extension of the term of a licence.
(2)  An application is to be –
(a) in an approved form; and
(b) accompanied by the prescribed fee; and
(c) lodged with the Registrar before the licence ceases to be in force.
(3)  The Minister may –
(a) grant the application for any further period, of not more than 10 years, that the Minister determines, and with or without any conditions; or
(b) refuse to grant the application.
(4)  The Minister may grant under this section more than one application in relation to a licence under this section.
(5)  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.
(6)  A licensee may, within 28 days after receipt of a notice under subsection (5) in relation to an application, appeal to the Mining Tribunal against the Minister's refusal to grant the application.
(7)  A licence to which an application under subsection (1) relates remains in force until –
(a) the Minister makes a decision under subsection (3) ; or
(b) if an appeal is made under subsection (6) , the Mining Tribunal makes an order in relation to the appeal; or
(c) if the date on which the licence would, if the application were not granted, expire is a date later than the date on which a decision or order referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) occurs – the date on which the licence would expire.