Abandonment of application for exploration permit
135 Abandonment of application for exploration permit
The applicant for an exploration permit may, at any time before the grant of the exploration permit, by notice in writing to the chief executive abandon the application in relation to all or part of the land to which it relates.
The abandonment of an application for the grant of an exploration permit shall take effect on the day next following its receipt by the chief executive.
If the application is abandoned in relation to part only of the land to which it relates, the application must be amended to define the boundary of the area of the proposed exploration permit for which the application is to remain in force.
Note—
Section 386R sets out the requirements for defining the boundary of the area of a proposed mining tenement.
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