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Public notice before granting or renewing prospecting licence or retention licence
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25. (1) Before granting or renewing a prospecting licence or a retention licence the Minister shall give public notice in accordance with this section that the Minister intends to grant or renew the licence, as the case may be, and shall consider any objection that meets the requirements of subsection (3).
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(2) The Minister shall, for the purposes of subsection (1)—
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(a) deposit in the offices of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and in one or more places to which members of the public have access that are in the vicinity of the area of the proposed licence a map showing the boundaries of the area, and
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(b) publish in at least one newspaper circulating in the vicinity of the area of the proposed licence a notice indicating the type of licence the Minister intends to grant or renew, as the case may be, and stating that—
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(i) the Minister intends to grant or renew the licence, as the case may be, for specified minerals to the specified applicant,
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(ii) a map showing the boundaries of the area of the licence proposed to be granted or renewed, as the case may be, may be viewed at the places at which the map has been deposited in accordance with paragraph (a), and
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(iii) the public may send written objections that meet the requirements of subsection (3) to the Minister at an address specified in the notice.
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(3) The Minister shall consider only those objections that—
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(a) are in writing and have been delivered to the address specified in the notice within 21 days after the date of publication of the notice required under subsection (2), and
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(b) relate to entering on land or prospecting for minerals and that do not relate to working the minerals or compensation for working the minerals.
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(4) If the Minister is required to consider one or more objections in accordance with subsection (3), the Minister shall decide whether to grant the licence within 90 days after the date of publication of the notice required under subsection (2).
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