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) .