Section 233
Period of approval
Any approval granted under section 232(1) shall, unless extended, lapse either:
(a)
on the expiration of twenty-four months from the date of the approved plan referred to in section 234(1), if, within that time, the works covered by the engineering plan referred to in section 234(2)(b) have not been commenced, or where such works are not required, the survey of the land to be undertaken under subsection (4) is not satisfactorily completed; or
(b)
the development as a whole is not completed within such time as may be stipulated in the approved plan, and for the purposes of this section, a development is deemed completed when the buildings to be constructed in relation thereto have been certified to be completed under the Buildings Ordinance, 1994
[Cap. 8]:
Provided that the State Planning Authority may from time to time extend such period for a term not exceeding twelve months at any one time, upon such terms and conditions as it deems fit.
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