Reference to Board of Councillors if Executive Council delays grant or refusal of approval or permission

Reference to Board of Councillors if Executive Council delays grant or refusal of approval or permission:

1. (1) If, within the period prescribed by section 131, the Executive Council has neither given nor refused its approval of a building site or its permission to execute any work, as the case may be, the Board of Councillors shall be bound, on the written request of the applicant, to determine by written order whether such approval or permission should be given or not.
2. (2) If the Board of Councillors does not, within one month from the receipt of such written request, deliver to the applicant an order either granting or refusing such approval or permission such approval or permission shall be deemed to have been given; and the applicant may proceed to execute the work, but not so as to contravene any of the provisions of this Act or any rules or regulations made under this Act.