(1) Application for renewal of a general purpose lease under section 88 shall be ¾

(a) in the form No. 9 in the First Schedule;

(b) accompanied by ¾

(i) the duplicate instrument of lease (if issued); and

(ii) the prescribed rent for a period of 12 months commencing on the day after the day on which the term of the lease is due to expire;

and

(c) lodged at the office of the mining registrar at any time during the final year of the term of that lease.

(2) If the application is refused, a pro rata refund of rent will be paid to the applicant in respect of each whole month of the period for which rent has been paid commencing on the day on which the application is refused.

[Regulation 36A inserted in Gazette 2 October 1987 p.3817; amended in Gazette 2 February 2001 p. 712.]