33In section 159 (determination of applications etc. by statutory undertakers in respect of operational land) the following amendments shall be made:—
(a)in subsection (1), after the words " such an application " there shall be inserted the words " or such an application is deemed to be made under section 16(7) of the Act of 1968 on an appeal under that section by statutory undertakers ";
(b)after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection:—
“(1A)An application for planning permission which is deemed to have been made by virtue of section 18(6) of the Act of 1968 shall be determined by the Minister and the appropriate Minister.”