(a) no submission objecting to a proposed name or alteration has
been made, the board may cause a notice specifying the proposed name or
alteration to be published in the Gazette, or
(b) a submission has been made
objecting to a proposed name or alteration, the board has recommended to the
Minister that the proposed name or alteration be adopted, either with or
without modification, and the Minister has approved the board's
recommendation, the board shall cause a notice specifying the proposed name or
alteration, as approved by the Minister, to be so published.
(2) Upon
publication of such notice the name assigned or any altered name specified in
the notice shall become the geographical name of the place to which the notice
relates and, in the case of an alteration, the former name of the place shall
cease to be its recorded or geographical name.
