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Laws of Zambia

Town and Country Planning (Appointment of Planning Authorities) Regulations (Cap. 283)

Made 1963 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Organisation
Zambezi Watercourse Commission (ZAMCOM)
Country
Zambia
Subjects
Land and soil
Keywords
land-use planning, institution, governance

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  1. (PREPARATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN) (KAOMA) ORDER Order by the Minister 1. This Order may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Preparation of Development Plan) (Kaoma) Order. Title 2. The Southern Planning Authority is hereby ordered to prepare a development plan for the area within the green border on Plan No. T. 38/1. Order to prepare development plan 3. A copy of Plan No. T. 38/1 may be inspected at the office of the Southern Planning Authority, Government Road, Lusaka, or at the office of the Kaoma District Council, Kaoma, during normal working hours on any day not later than twenty-one days after the publication of this Order, and any interested person who objects to the preparation of the development plan may send his objections to the Minister of Decentralisation, P.O. Box 50027, Lusaka, within the aforesaid period. (S.I. no. 130 of 1986) Inspection of plan and submission of objections SECTIONS 5-THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (APPOINTMENT OF PLANNING AUTHORITIES) REGULATIONS Regulations by the Minister 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Appointment of Planning Authorities) Regulations. Title 2. (1) The authorities set out in the First Schedule are hereby appointed as the planning authorities for the respective areas described in that Schedule. Appointment of planning authorities (2) The functions of the Minister under subsections (1) and (2) of section twenty-five of the Act relating to the grant or refusal of permission to develop or subdivide land are hereby delegated to the planning authorities set out in the Schedule for the respective areas described in that Schedule. 3. (1) Except for the appointments made under section five of the Act, any other appointments of planning authorities made prior to the date hereof in respect of the areas described in the Schedule are hereby revoked. Revocation of prior appointments (2) Except for the delegation of functions made under proviso (i) of subsection (1) of section twenty-four of the Act, any other delegation of functions made prior to the date hereof to any other planning authority in respect of the areas described in the Schedule are hereby revoked. SCHEDULE (Regulations 2 and 3) PLANNING AUTHORITIES Area Authority Central Province......................... Central Province Planning Authority Copperbelt Province................... Copperbelt Province Planning Authority Eastern Province ........................ Eastern Province Planning Authority Luapula Province ....................... Luapula Province Planning Authority Lusaka Province......................... Lusaka Province Planning Authority Northern Province...................... Northern Province Planning Authority North-Western Province ............ North-Western Province Planning Authority Southern Province...................... Southern Province Planning Authority Western Province ....................... Western Province Planning Authority (S.I. no 12 of 1989) SECTION 5-THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (PLANNING AUTHORITY PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS Government Notice 418 of 1963 Regulations by the Minister 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Planning Authority Procedure) Regulations. Title

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