(1) A clearance notice shall lapse upon the expiry of a period of one year from the date of publication of the clearance notice in the Gazette:
Provided that the Minister may, on good cause shown by the authority, extend such period by—
(a) a further period not exceeding six months; or
(b) further periods not exceeding in aggregate six months.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), a clearance notice which
has not yet lapsed in terms of that subsection shall lapse—
(a) in respect of any stand which is the subject of a preliminary notice published in terms of section 5 of the Land Acquisition Act [Chapter 20:10], upon the date of such publication;
(b) where a clearance warrant is granted, two months after the date of publication of the clearance warrant in the Gazette:
Provided that the clearance notice concerned shall lapse upon such date of publication in respect of any stand which is not included within the clearance area concerned;
(c) upon the withdrawal of the clearance notice by the authority.
(3) Where the period referred to in subsection (1) is extended in terms of the proviso to that subsection, the authority shall—
(a) notify the Director of Physical Planning and the appropriate local planning authority in writing of such extension; and
(b) give notice of such extension in the Gazette; and
(c) publish a copy of the notice referred to in paragraph (b) once a week for two consecutive weeks, commencing one week after the date on which such notice was given in terms of that paragraph, in a newspaper circulating within the locality of the provisional clearance area concerned; and
(d) serve on every owner or right holder of land within the provisional clearance area a copy of the notice referred to in paragraph (b).
(4) Where a clearance notice has lapsed in terms of subsection (1) or (2), the authority shall—
(a) notify in writing—
(i) the Minister of such lapse; and
(ii) the Director of Physical Planning or the appropriate planning authority of every stand affected by such lapse; and
(b) give notice of such lapse in the Gazette; and
(c) publish a copy of the notice referred to in paragraph (b) once a week for two consecutive weeks, commencing one week after the date on which notice was given in terms of that paragraph, in a newspaper circulating within the locality of the former provisional clearance area concerned; and
(d) serve a copy of the notice referred to in paragraph (b) on every owner or right holder of land within the former provisional clearance area concerned.
(5) Where a clearance notice has lapsed in terms of subsection (1) or (2), the authority shall pay compensation to any owner or right holder of land within the former provisional clearance area who has suffered loss as a result of the operation of such clearance notice and Parts V and VIII of the Land Acquisition Act [Chapter 20:10] shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to such payment as if—
(a) the authority were an acquiring authority; and
(b) the lapse of such clearance notice were the withdrawal in terms of paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section 5 of that Act of a preliminary notice; referred to in that Act.