Section 6A — TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1976

(2)

For the purpose of subsection (1), the Minister shall cause the fact of the establishment of a regional planning committee to be published in the Gazette together with the marking by which the boundary of the region for which the committee is established may be identified.

(3)

The regional planning committee shall consist of—

(a)

a Chairman, who is appointed by the Prime Minister;

(b)

six persons representing the Federal Government, at least four of whom shall be public officers, appointed by the

Minister;

(c)

not more than four persons representing the Government of each of the States within the region, appointed by the State

Authority, one of whom shall be the State Director; and

(d)

the President of every local planning authority within the region if such authority is a local authority.

(4)

There shall be a Secretary for the regional planning committee to be appointed by the Director General of Town and Country

Planning.

(5)

The functions of the regional planning committee shall be—

(a)

to advise and assist the State Planning Committees and the local planning authorities within the region pertaining to the development plans appropriate for the region, in accordance with the national policy;

(b)

to establish policies and to devise a comprehensive regional plan to guide and co-ordinate development of the region;

(c)

to plan and co-ordinate the provision of infrastructure and facilities for the region;

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(d)

to establish uniform process and procedures to be used by the Federal Government and the State Governments and local authorities concerned for the region;

(e)

to monitor the implementation of standards, guidelines and procedures in facilitating the development of the region;

and

(f)

to conduct research required for the planning of the region.

(6)

The regional planning committee shall furnish the Council or

Committee with such returns, reports and information relating to its activities as the Council or Committee may from time to time require.

(7)

The regional planning committee shall determine its own procedure.

PART IIB

NATIONAL PHYSICAL PLAN

National physical plan