Regional, Town and Country Planning Act [Chapter 29:12].
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Type of law
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Abstract
This Act concerns land-use planning at regional level. The text of the Act consists of 75 sections and one Schedule. The sections are divided into 11 Parts: Preliminary (I); Regional Planning (II); Local Planning Authorities (III); Master and Local Plans (IV); Control of Development (V); Subdivision and Consolidations (VI); Acquisition and Disposal of Land (VII); Compensation (VIII); Roads (IX); Functions of Administrative Court Under This Act (X); General (XI).
The Act provides for the making of Regional, Local and Master Plans for the control of development through a permit system and Development, Enforcement, and Prohibition Orders, and for the expropriation or otherwise acquisition of land covered by a Local Plan or a Master Plan.
The Act provides for the making of Regional, Local and Master Plans for the control of development through a permit system and Development, Enforcement, and Prohibition Orders, and for the expropriation or otherwise acquisition of land covered by a Local Plan or a Master Plan.
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Long title of text
An Act to provide for the planning of regions, districts and local areas with the object of conserving and improving the physical environment and in particular promoting health, safety, order, amenity, convenience and general welfare, as well as efficiency and economy in the process of development and the improvement of communications; to authorize the making of regional plans, master plans and local plans, whether urban or rural; to provide for the protection of urban and rural amenities and the preservation of buildings and trees and generally to regulate the appearance of the townscape and landscape; to provide for the acquisition of land; to provide for the control over development, including use, of land and buildings; to regulate the subdivision and the consolidation of pieces of land; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with the foregoing.
Notes
Consolidated version of Act No. 22 of 1976 as amended last in 1992 by Act No. 14 of 1998.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No