Section 52 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "notify the owner of the land, in writing, of the making of the application within 7 days after making it" and substituting "include in the application for the permit a declaration that the applicant has notified the owner of the intention to make the application" ;

(b) by omitting from subsection (1B)(a) "mayor of the council or, if the mayor is unavailable or unable to sign the application, the deputy mayor" and substituting "general manager" ;

(c) by omitting from subsection (1B)(b) "Minister, mayor or deputy mayor" and substituting "Minister or general manager" ;

(d) by omitting subsection (1C) and substituting the following subsections:

(1C)  In subsection (1B) , " general manager " has the same meaning as in the Local Government Act 1993 .

(1D)  The Minister of the Crown administering the Crown Lands Act 1976 may delegate his or her functions under subsection (1B) to the Director-General of Lands.

(1E)  The Director-General of Lands may delegate to a person prescribed for the purposes of section 71(2) of the Crown Lands Act 1976 a function delegated to the Director-General under subsection (1D) .

(1F)  A Minister of the Crown administering land administered or owned by the Crown, other than the Minister of the Crown administering the Crown Lands Act 1976 , may delegate to any person the Minister considers appropriate his or her functions under subsection (1B) .

(1G)  The general manager of a council may delegate to an employee of the council his or her functions under subsection (1B) .