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Town and Country Planning Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Jun 2021 · Part II · Policy and Administration

Section 6A

(1)

The Council may, from time to time, after consultation with the State Authorities concerned, establish a regional planning committee for a region which consists of an area situated in two or more States.

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(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

Terms defined in s 2

Committee
Defined · s 2
“Committee” means the State Planning Committee established under section 4;
Open s 2
Council
Defined · s 2
“Council” means the National Physical Planning Council established under section 2A;
Open s 2
development
Defined · s 2
“development” means the carrying out of any building, engineering, mining, industrial, or other similar operation in, on, over, or under land, the making of any material change in the use of any land or building or any part thereof, or the subdivision or amalgamation of lands; and
Open s 2
Director General of Town and Country Planning
Defined · s 2
“Director General of Town and Country Planning” means the Director General of Town and Country Planning whose functions are set out primarily in section 2B;
Open s 2
local authority
Defined · s 2
“local authority” means any city council, municipal council, municipality, district council, town council, town board, local council, rural board, or other similar authority established by or under any written law;
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local planning authority
Defined · s 2
“local planning authority”, in relation to an area, shall be construed as provided in section 5 and, in relation to any land or building, means the local planning authority, as so construed, for the area in which the land or building is situated;
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Minister
Defined · s 2
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for town and country planning;
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national physical plan
Defined · s 2
“national physical plan” means the physical plan covering Peninsular Malaysia prepared and approved under section 6B;
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plan
Defined · s 2
“plan” includes reports, drawings, maps and models;
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regional planning committee
Defined · s 2
“regional planning committee”, in relation to an area, means the regional planning committee established for that area under section 6A;
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State Director
Defined · s 2
“State Director”, in relation to a State, means the Director of Town and Country Planning Department of that State;
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Report

Read on from s 6B

Part III

Development Plans

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Part IV

Planning Control

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Part V

Development Charge

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Part VI

The Appeal Board

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Part VII

Purchase Notice and Acquisition of Land

Read on from Part VII

Part VIII

Development Areas

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Part IX

Miscellaneous Provisions

Read on from Part IX