73   Effect of council’s failure to determine Crown application

(1)  If the council does not determine an application to which section 72 applies within the relevant period specified in section 105, the council is taken, on the expiration of that period, to have refused the application.

(2)  If the application is taken to have been refused, the applicant may refer the application to the Minister for determination.

(3)  The Minister may determine an application so referred to the Minister.

(4)  The Minister’s determination has effect as if it were a determination of the council.