Section 15

The Committee may, after considering a draft local plan submitted to it, either approve it, in whole or in part and with or without modifications, or reject it.

In considering the draft local plan, the Committee may take into account any matters that it thinks are relevant, whether or not they were taken into account in the plan as submitted or resubmitted to it.

The Committee shall submit the approved draft local plan to the State Authority for the assent of the State Authority, and upon the assent being given the plan shall come into effect.

(Deleted by Act A1129).

(Deleted by Act A1129).

The local planning authority shall cause the assent of the State

Authority to a draft local plan to be published in the State Gazette and in at least two local newspapers, one of which being in the national language, together with the marking by which the plan may be identified and a statement of the place where the plan may be inspected.

A local plan shall conform to the structure plan but if at any time after a local plan has come into effect there exists a difference in the provision between the local plan and the structure plan for the State, and the Committee is satisfied that this is due to the structure plan for the State being out of date, the Committee shall refer the difference to the State Authority for its decision.

40 Laws of Malaysia ACT 172

If the State Authority is satisfied that the difference is in fact due to the structure plan of the State being out of date, the State

Authority shall, by notification in the State Gazette, declare that the local plan shall prevail over the structure plan as regards to that particular provision.

Alteration, revocation and replacement of local plans