(1) A board shall, within a period of six months from the date of publication in the Gazette of the clearance notice concerned, submit—
(a) its report and a summary of the representations made to it to the Minister; and
(b) a copy of the report and summary referred to in paragraph (a) to the authority:
Provided that the Minister may, on good cause shown by the board, extend such period by—
a a further period not exceeding six months; or
b further periods not exceeding in aggregate six months.
(2) Within a period of three months from the date of submission of the report and summary referred to in subsection (1), the authority shall, while the clearance notice concerned remains in force—
(a) apply in writing to the Minister for a clearance warrant and attach to
such application its observations, if any, on such report and summary; or
(b) withdraw such clearance notice in terms of paragraph (c) of subsection(2) of section seventy-eight:
Provided that the Minister may, on good cause shown by the authority, extend such period by—
(a) a further period not exceeding three months; or
(b) further periods not exceeding in aggregate three months.
(3) The Minister may, if the clearance notice concerned remains in force—
(a) subject to such conditions, if any, as he may think fit to impose, grant a clearance warrant authorizing the authority to acquire such stands within the provisional clearance area as may be specified in the clearance warrant by agreement or, in default of agreement, by expropriation; or
(b) refuse the application made in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection
(2); and notify the authority in writing accordingly.
(4) Upon receiving notification in terms of subsection (3), the authority shall—
(a) if the Minister has granted a clearance warrant, publish a copy thereof—
(i) forthwith in the Gazette; and
(ii) once a week for two consecutive weeks, commencing one week after the date on which publication was made in terms of subparagraph (i), in a newspaper circulating in the locality of the clearance area; or
(b) if the Minister has refused the application made in terms of paragraph(a) of subsection (2), forthwith withdraw the clearance notice concerned in terms of paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section seventy-eight.
(5) Parts III, V and VIII of the Land Acquisition Act [Chapter 20:10] shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to an authorization to acquire land by expropriation referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (3).