Minister’s power to decide excluded land
137 Minister’s power to decide excluded land
The Minister may decide excluded land for a GHG lease or proposed GHG lease.
However, the power under subsection (1) may be exercised only when the Minister is deciding whether to—
grant the GHG lease; or
approve any later development plan for the GHG lease.
However, excluded land—
must be within any sub-block included in the area of the GHG lease; and
can not be a whole sub-block.
For subsection (3)(a), if the register—
states that the GHG lease’s area includes land within a block; but
does not include or exclude any particular sub-block within that block;
the reference to the block in the register is a reference to all sub-blocks within the block other than any sub-block that is completely within the area of another GHG tenure.
Excluded land may be described in a way the Minister considers appropriate, including for example, by area or by reference to a stated type of land.
Land ceases to be excluded land for a GHG lease if for any reason, the sub-block in which the land is located ceases to be in the lease’s area.
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