Malaysia legislation
Section 7
Section 7
(2)
Notwithstanding that the State Director has carried out his duty under subsection (1), he may, if he thinks fit, and shall, if directed to do so by the Council or Committee, institute a fresh survey of the whole State, examining the matters mentioned in that subsection.
(3)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (1) and (2), the matters to be examined and kept under review under those subsections shall include—
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(a)
the principal physical, economic, environmental, and social characteristics, including the principal land uses, of the
State and, so far as they may be expected to affect the State, those of the neighbouring areas;
(aa) the national physical plan and other principal economic, social, physical and environmental management and conservation policies of the nation;
(b)
the size, composition, and distribution of the population of the State, whether resident or not;
(c)
without prejudice to paragraph (a), the communications, transport system, and traffic of the State and, so far as they may be expected to affect the State, those of the neighbouring areas;
(d)
any matters not mentioned in any of the preceding paragraphs that may be expected to affect any matters so mentioned;
(e)
such other matters as may be prescribed or as the Council or Committee may in any particular case specify; and
(f)
any changes already projected in any of the matters mentioned in any of the preceding paragraphs and the effect that those changes are likely to have on the development, or the planning of the development, of the State.
(4)
The State Director shall, for the purpose of discharging his functions under this section, consult with the State Director of any other State about matters relating to the area of that other State that may be expected to affect the development or the planning of the development of the State in respect of which the survey is instituted under this section.
(5)
Subsection (1) shall, as respects any period during which this section is in operation in part only of the State, be construed as requiring the State Director to institute a survey of, and to keep under review, matters affecting that part of the State only; and
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subsection (2) shall, whether or not this section is in operation in the whole of the State, have effect as if the power thereby conferred included power for the State Director to institute, and for the Council or Committee to direct him to institute, a fresh survey of part of the
State only; and references in subsection (3) to the State or the neighbouring areas shall be construed accordingly.
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