Town Planners Act 1995

This Act may be cited as the Town Planners Act 1995 and shall come into force on 1 January 1996.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Board” means the Board of Town Planners established under section 3;

“body corporate practising as a Town Planner” means a body corporate incorporated under the Companies Act 1965 [Act 125]

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which has been issued with a permit to practise as a Town Planner;

“certificate of registration” means a certificate issued under subsection 17(1) and includes a duplicate certificate of registration issued under subsection 17(2);

“certificate of temporary registration” means a certificate issued under subsection 18(4) and includes a duplicate certificate of temporary registration issued under subsection 18(5);

“committee” means a committee appointed under section 10;

“member” means a member of the Board appointed under section 4 and includes the Chairman of the Board;

“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for matters relating to town and country planning;

“permit” means a permit issued under subsection 23(1) and includes a duplicate permit issued under subsection 23(2);

“Persatuan Pegawai Perancang Bandar dan Desa” means the association formed by Town Planners employed in the public sector;

“Pertubuhan Perancang Malaysia” includes an institute, a body or a society succeeding it and approved by the Minister;

“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under section 50;

“profession” means the town planning profession;

“public authority” has the meaning assigned to it in the Federal

Constitution;

“Register” means the Register of Town Planners referred to in section 11;

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“registered Graduate Town Planner” means a person registered under subsection 15(1);

“registered Town Planner” means a person registered under subsection 15(3);

“Registrar” means the Registrar of Town Planners appointed under subsection 12(1).