Clause 33

No person shall commence or carry out, or cause or permit the carrying out of any industrial plant works without the Director certifying that the plans of the industrial plant works comply with such requirements as he may specify for the purposes of this Act (referred to in this section as a clearance certificate).

Every application under this section shall be made by a qualified person or any approved person in such form and manner as the Director may require.

There shall be charged, for the processing of every application under this section, such fees as may be prescribed by the Minister.

Every applicant under this section shall submit to such filing authority as the Director may designate, in such form and manner as the Director may determine, plans of the industrial plant works to which the application relates showing such details or specifications as the Director may require.

The Director may, before issuing a clearance certificate under subsection (1), give a direction in writing to the applicant to comply, within such period as may be specified in the direction, with such requirements as he may specify for the purposes of this Act.

In issuing any clearance certificate under subsection (1), the Director may impose such conditions as he thinks fit.

Any person for whom any industrial plant works, in respect of which a clearance certificate has been issued under subsection (1), had been carried out and completed shall apply to the Director for a further certificate that the industrial plant works have been completed in accordance with the plans submitted under subsection (4) and the conditions imposed by the Director under subsection (6) (referred to in this section as a compliance certificate).

The Director may, on an application under subsection (7), require the appointed qualified person or a registered inspector appointed by such person to inspect the completed industrial plant works and submit a report stating whether the industrial plant works have been completed in accordance with the plans and the conditions imposed by the Director.

The Director may, after considering the report submitted under subsection (8) —

If the person to whom any written direction is given under subsection (9)(b) fails to comply with the requirements specified in the direction within the time specified therein, the application under subsection (7) shall be deemed to be withdrawn.