Malaysia legislation
Section 58
Section 58
(2)
In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), rules made under that subsection may provide for—
(a)
the regulation of the development of land in accordance with proper planning;
(b)
the classes of use of land and buildings or parts thereof;
*NOTE—These subsections do not apply to the Sates of Kelantan and Terengganu–see Kn. P.U. 34/2003 and
Tr. G.N. 54/2003.
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(c)
the control of the density, floor area, plot ratio, plinth area, and use of land and buildings;
(d)
the regulation of the height, design, appearance, and siting of buildings, and of the provision of car parks, set backs, and open spaces;
(e)
the control of means of access to lands and buildings;
(f)
the protection of ancient monuments and lands and buildings of historic or architectural interest;
(g)
the details of the forms and contents of the structure plan and local plan, the procedure to be followed in the preparation, submission and approval thereof, the form and manner in which they shall be published, and the form of the notices relating thereto;
(h)
the qualifications of persons who may prepare or submit plans, documents, particulars and layout plans for the purposes of this Act;
(i)
the form in which an application for planning permission shall be made, the particulars to be furnished in, and the plans, documents, particulars and layout plans to be submitted with the application and its form and scale;
(j)
the fees to be paid under this Act;
(k)
the registration of applications and the form of, and particulars to be contained in, the register;
(l)
prescribing anything that may be, or is required to be, prescribed under this Act.
(3)
Where any rule made under paragraph (2)(h) does not include a person who is entitled under any other written law to prepare and submit plans, documents, particulars and layout plans relating to town and country planning to any person or authority, the entitlement of such person shall not be affected.
94 Laws of Malaysia ACT 172
Repeal of existing planning laws