Section 57 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting paragraph (b) from subsection (6) and substituting the following paragraph:

(b) not later than –

(i) in a case where the Heritage Council has not, under section 39(3) of the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995 , required extra time to consider the application, on the expiration of the period of 42 days from the day on which the planning authority received the application or such further period as is agreed, in writing, by the planning authority and the applicant before the expiration of that 42-day period; or

(ii) in a case where the Heritage Council has, under section 39(3) of the Historic Cultural Heritage Act 1995 , required extra time to consider the application, on the expiration of the period of 56 days from the day on which the planning authority received the application or such further period as is agreed, in writing, by the planning authority and the applicant before the expiration of that 56-day period.

(b) by omitting from subsection (6A) " subsection (6)(b) " and substituting " subsection (6)(b)(i) or (ii) " .