POWERS OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY IN REGULATING LAND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL: WHITHER CONTROL
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https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v7i1.75Keywords:
Local authority, Land planning and development control, indemnity, judicial supervisionAbstract
Land use planning in Malaysia as regulated by the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 ("Act 172") vests in the local authorities' wide powers and responsibility for managing and carrying on the daily adininistration of land use planning decision making and developrnent control regime. This article examines the powers of the local authority in regulating land planning and development control and the power of the courts in exercising control over the exercise of the discretionary powers of the local authority.Downloads
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Books/Journals:
Taylor W.C., 1949. Local Government in Malaya, Alor Setar: Kedah Government Press.
Watts, R.L., 1966. New Federations: Experiments in the Commonwealth, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Mohamed Afandi, 1989. Local Government Restructuring in Peninsular Malaysia: A Review of the Local Authority Function and Capacity, in Planning and Administration, Volume 16 No. 2, Autumn, I.ULA: The Hague, p. 125.
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Federal Constitution of Malaysia 1957 Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967 (Act 388)
Government Proceedings Act 1956 s 5 Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171)
Planning Control (General) Rules 1990 Street Drainage and Building Act 1974 (Act 133)
Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Act 172)
Federal Territory (Planning) Act 1982 (Act 267)
Town and Country Planning Ordinance 1950 of Sabah (Sabah Cap. 141)
Town and Country Planning Ordinance 1952 of Sarawak (Sarawak Cap.87)
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