(1) If permission is granted for the development of land and the development is not commenced within a period of 12 months from the date on which it was granted, it shall lapse.
(2) A person who intends to carry out a development for which permission has been granted shall give notice to the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division of the date on which that development will commence.
(3) Where, after the date specified in a notice of commencement given under subsection (2), the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division is not satisfied that the development has been substantially commenced, the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division shall notify the person from whom the commencement notice was received that the permission will lapse by a prescribed date if the development is not commenced to his or her satisfaction before that date.
(4) Where the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division has been notified in writing by the developer that permitted building or engineering operations have been completed, the Head of the Physical Planning and Development Division shall issue a completion certificate if the works have been constructed in accordance with the permission granted for that development.
(5) If a development other than a development by way of mining operations or a material change in the use of any land is not completed within 30 months after the date of commencement fixed by notice given under subsection (2) or (3), or such other period as may be prescribed in the notice granting permission, the permission shall lapse, without prejudice to the status of such of the permitted works as are then complete.
(6) Where permission has been granted for the development of land by way of subdivision and the undertaking of engineering operations in relation thereto, no parcel of land within the approved subdivision shall be transferred under the Land Registration Act unless a completion certificate has been issued under this Act in respect of the approved engineering operations.