Section 11: Preparation of schemes by local bodies or agencies.⸺(1) The Authority may, pursuant

11. Preparation of schemes by local bodies or agencies.⸺(1) The Authority may, pursuant to the master­plan and the master-programme, call upon any local body or agency operating in the Port area to prepare, in consultation with the Authority, a scheme or schemes in respect of matters ordinarily dealt with by such local body or agency, and thereupon the local body or agency shall be responsible for the preparation of the scheme or schemes within a reasonable time. (2) Such schemes may relate to⸺ (a) land use, zoning and land reservation; (b) public buildings; (c) industry; (d) transportation and communications: highways, roads, streets, railways, aerodromes, jetties, wharves, moorings, navigational aids, sheds, ware­houses, godowns, navigation channels and workshops; (e) telecommunications, including wireless, television, radio, telephone; (f) utilization of water, power and other natural resources; 1Subs. by the Port Qasim Authority (Amendment) Act, 2021 (XL of 2021), ss. 5-6. 2Subs. by Ord. 43 of 2002, s. 4. (g) community planning, housing, slum clearance, amelioration; (h) community facilities, including water supply, sewerage disposal, electricity supply, gas supply, and other public utilities; (i) residential accommodation and welfare facilities for employees of the Authority; (j) environmental control and prevention of pollution. (3) The 1[division concerned] may, by notification in the official Gazette, add to, alter or amend the list of subjects given in sub­section (2), and any such addition, alteration or amendment shall take effect as if it had been enacted in this Act. (4) The expenditure incurred on the preparation of any such schemes as aforesaid shall be borne as agreed to between the Authority and the local body or agency, and, in the event of disagreement between them, as may be determined by the 1[division concerned]. (5) No planning or development scheme shall be prepared by any person or by any local body or agency operating in the Port area without the prior approval of the Authority. (6) The Authority may, pursuant to the master­plan and master­programme, prepare such other schemes for the Port area as the need for port development and port management may require.

Effective date: 1973-01-01

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