Section 12: Preparation of schemes by local bodies or agencies.⎯ (1) The Authority may,

12. Preparation of schemes by local bodies or agencies.⎯ (1) The Authority may, pursuant to the master plan and the master­programme, call upon any local body or agency operating in the Specified Areas 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; highway, roads, streets, railways, aerodromes; (e) tele-communications, including wireless, television, radio, telephone; (f) utilization of water, power and other natural resources; (g) community planning, housing, slum clearance, amelioration; (h) community facilities including water supply, sewerage, drainage, sewage disposal, electricity supply, gas supply and other public utilities; (i) preservation of objects or places of historical or scientific interest or natural beauty. 1 (3) The [Federal Government] 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 modification shall take effect as if it had been enacted in this Ordinance. (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[Federal Government]. 2[(5) No planning or development scheme shall be prepared by any person or by any local body or agency except with the concurrence of the Authority.]

Effective date: 1960-01-01

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