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Act of Parliament

Iskandar Regional Development Authority Act 2007

A regional development authority and coordinating regional development

Part I

Preliminary

Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged

s 1Short title and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Iskandar Regional Development

Authority Act 2007.

(2)

This Act comes into operation on such date as the Minister may, after consultation with the State Authority of Johore, appoint by notification in the Gazette, and the Minister may appoint different dates—

(a)

for the coming into operation of this Act in different areas or parts of the Iskandar Development Region;

(b)

for the coming into operation of different provisions of this Act in the Iskandar Development Region; or

(c)

for the coming into operation of different provisions of this Act in different areas or parts of the Iskandar

Development Region.

s 2Interpretation

(1)

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Government Entity” means—

(a)

the Federal Government, or any State Government, State

Authority or local government; and

(b)

any ministry, department, office, agency, authority, commission, committee, board, council or other body, corporate or incorporate, 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 14;

“Approvals and Implementation Committee” means the Approvals and Implementation Committee established under section 30;

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

Planning Act 1976 [Act 172];

“Approvals” means licences, permits or passes, registrations and other approvals including those related to the admission into, and departure from, Malaysia, of non-Malaysian citizens, and for tax, customs and excise duties and other fiscal incentives, required for or in connection with trade, investment and development in the Iskandar Development Region;

“Chief Executive” means the chief executive officer appointed under subsection 18(1) and includes any officer directed under subsection 18(7) to perform the duties of the chief executive officer;

“Fund” means the Iskandar Regional Development Authority

Fund established under section 33;

“Social Projects Fund” means the Social Projects Fund established under section 37;

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“National Physical Planning Council” has the meaning assigned to it in the Town and Country Planning Act 1976;

“prescribe” means prescribe by regulations;

“Minister” means the Prime Minister;

“Menteri Besar” means the Menteri Besar of Johore;

“Co-Chairmen” means the Co-Chairmen of the Authority appointed pursuant to section 8;

“Commissioners” mean the Commissioners appointed under section 29;

“Authority” means the Iskandar Regional Development Authority established under section 3;

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

“local authority” means the local authority for the area or areas within the Iskandar Development Region;

“Comprehensive Development Plan” means the Comprehensive

Development Plan for the Iskandar Development Region, and includes any alteration of such Comprehensive Development Plan by virtue of section 25; and “draft Comprehensive Development

Plan” shall be construed as the context requires;

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

Country Planning Act 1976 in its application to the State of Johore;

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

Country Planning Act 1976;

“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;

“Iskandar Development Region” means the area or areas determined by the Minister in accordance with section 15.

(2)

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Act shall be construed as reducing or limiting the jurisdiction, powers and

functions of the State Authority of Johore in relation to land and local government matters.

Part II

The Authority

Read on from Part II

Part III

Chief Executive, Officers and Servants of the Authority

Read on from Part III

Part IV

Direction, Policies and Strategies for Development in the Iskandar Development Region

Read on from Part IV

Part V

Co-Ordination Between Government Entities in the Iskandar Development Region

Read on from Part V

Part VI

Finance

Read on from Part VI

Part VII

General

Read on from Part VII

Schedules