Clause 3

by inserting immediately after subsection (7) thereof the following new subsection: —“(7A) Every permission granted to carry out any building operations, on an application to develop, pursuant to the provisions of subsection (4) of section 9 of this Ordinance, shall lapse, if the development is not completed within two years of the date of the grant of the permission or, in a case where an appeal has been brought against the conditions imposed by the Competent Authority, within two years of the date of the determination of the appeal:Provided that the Competent Authority may, in its discretion, renew such permission for such period as it may consider necessary.”; and

by inserting immediately after the word “decision” appearing at the end of subsection (13) thereof the words “which shall be final”.