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the Federal Government, or any State Government, State

Authority or local government; and

any ministry, department, office, agency, authority, commission, committee, board, council or other body, corporate or unincorporate, of the Federal Government, or of any State Government or local government, whether established under written law or otherwise;

“committee” means a committee established by the Authority under section 15;

“State Planning Committee” means the State Planning Committee for a State, established under section 4 of the Town and Country

Planning Act 1976 [Act 172];

“open space” means any land, whether enclosed or not, which is laid out or reserved for laying out wholly or partly as a public garden, park, sports and recreation ground, pleasure ground, walk or as a public place;

“Approvals” means any approval of any Government Entity, whether under any written law or not, and includes approval for or in relation to licence, permit, pass, registration, tax, excise and incentives, required for or in connection with trade, investment and development in the Northern Corridor Economic Region;

“State Government” means the Government of a State;

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“Chief Executive” means the chief executive officer appointed under subsection 19(1) and includes any officer directed under subsection 19(6) to perform the duties of the chief executive officer;

“Fund” means the Northern Corridor Implementation Authority

Fund .established under section 31;

“prescribe” means prescribe by regulations;

“State” means each of the States of Perlis, Kedah, Pulau Pinang and Perak and “States” shall be construed accordingly;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Authority specified under section 9;

“Authority” means the Northern Corridor Implementation

Authority established under section 4;

“State Authority” means the State Authority of a State;

“local planning authority” has the meaning assigned to it in the Town and Country Planning Act 1976;

“local authority” has the meaning assigned to it in the Local

Government Act 1976 [Act 171];

“National Physical Plan” has the meaning assigned to it in the

Town and Country Planning Act 1976;

“NCER Development Plan” means the draft NCER Development

Plan approved by each and every State Government pursuant to section 24, and includes any alteration of such NCER Development

Plan by virtue of section 25;

“structure plan” has the meaning assigned to it in the Town and Country Planning Act 1976;

“local plan” has the meaning assigned to it in the Town and

Country Planning Act 1976;

“Northern Corridor Economic Region” means the area or areas determined by the Prime Minister in accordance with section 16.

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