s 33D Application for clearance certificate
33D.—(1) An application for a clearance certificate for any controlled works must be made to the Director-General by the developer of the controlled works, in the form and manner specified by the Director-General, and must be accompanied by the documents and information specified by the Director-General. (2) Subject to section 33F, the Director-General may —(a) if the plans of the controlled works comply with the pollution control requirements (except any requirements that have been waived in the particular case by the Director-General), approve the application and issue a clearance certificate, with or without conditions; (b) give a written direction to the developer to comply with any requirement that the Director-General may specify for the purpose of ensuring that all or any of the plans submitted to him or her comply with specified pollution control requirements; or (c) disapprove the application. (3) If a direction given by the Director-General under subsection (2)(b) is not complied with within the period specified in that direction, or such further period as may be allowed by the Director-General, the application is, at the end of that period, deemed to be disapproved by the Director-General.[Act 23 of 2023 wef 18/12/2023]