Town and Country Planning (Planning Authority Procedure) Regulations

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 2. These Regulations shall apply to all planning authorities appointed under the provisions of subsection (2) of section five of the Act. Application 3. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation "appointed person" means the chairman, members and alternate members of the authority; "authority" means a planning authority appointed under the provisions of subsection (2) of section five of the Act; "chairman" means the person appointed to be chairman of the planning authority, and shall include the appointed person elected to preside at a meeting in his absence; "executive officer" means the executive officer and secretary of an authority. 4. (1) An authority shall meet as often as occasion may require but at intervals of not more than three months. Meetings (2) The chairman shall convene a meeting of an authority on request by the Minister or person authorised to act on his behalf. 5. Three appointed persons shall form a quorum of a meeting of an authority: Quorum Provided that, in the case of the Copperbelt Planning Authority, four appointed persons shall be required to form a quorum. (As amended by S.I. no 29 of 1991) 6. The chairman shall preside at all meetings of an authority. In the absence of the chairman from a meeting at any time, the appointed persons present at that meeting shall elect one of their number to preside thereat. Chairman 7. (1) All matters coming or arising before a meeting of an authority shall be decided by a majority of the appointed persons present and voting at the meeting. Voting (2) The chairman shall have a deliberative vote, and in addition, in the event of an equality of votes, a casting vote. 8. The public may attend meetings of an authority, but no person may be heard or otherwise take part in any proceedings save by invitation of the authority. Attendance by the public 9. An authority may at any time resolve into committee, whereupon the public shall withdraw and the proceedings and records of any matter thereof shall be confidential to the authority and such other persons as the Minister may decide from time to time. Committee 10. (1) No appointed person shall vote upon or take part in any discussion at a meeting of an authority of any matter in which he has a direct or indirect financial interest, save that he may provide information on the matter by specific invitation of the other appointed persons. Pecuniary interest of chairman and members in matters coming before the meeting (2) Any appointed person having such an interest as aforesaid shall declare the same to the authority as soon as the discussion starts and shall thereupon retire and remain absent from the meeting while the matter is under discussion unless he is invited to provide information. (3) Any invitation to give information or any declaration of interest and retirement shall be recorded in the minutes. (4) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to such person or persons who may be appointed to the Copperbelt Planning Authority by virtue of their employment with the Roan Selection Trust Limited and any of its subsidiary Mining Companies or the Anglo American Corporation Limited or any of its subsidiary Mining Companies in respect of any matters concerning any of the aforesaid companies. 11. An authority may authorise an appointed person or its executive officer or any other person authorised so to do to undertake matters on Persons to be authorised its behalf. 12. Minutes of the proceedings of every meeting of an authority shall be regularly entered in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall be signed by the chairman at the subsequent meeting. Minutes of meetings 13. Every notice, plan or other document requiring authentication by an authority shall be sufficiently authenticated if signed by the person authorised so to do by a resolution of that authority. Authentication of documents 14. Copies of all agendas and minutes of an authority shall be transmitted within one month of the meeting to the Minister and to any local or township authority concerned. Minutes SECTION 9-THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (FEES AND ALLOWANCES) REGULATIONS Government Notice 51 of 1963 Statutory Instrument 65 of 1965 Regulations by the Minister 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Fees and Allowances) Regulations. Title 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- Fees "adviser" means a person appointed by the president of the Tribunal, with the consent of the Minister, to advise the Tribunal on matters involving professional or special considerations. 3. (1) Any member of the Tribunal who is a Chartered Planner of the Town Planning Institute of the United Kingdom or who holds a similar qualification which has been approved by the Minister shall, for each hour when he is engaged in discharging his duties as a member of the Tribunal, receive a fee of 1 fee unit subject to a maximum fee of 47 fee units respect of any one day. The president, the vice-president and any other member of the Tribunal shall, in respect of any period when they are discharging their duties as members of the Tribunal, be entitled to such fees as are in accordance with the amounts laid down from time to time by Government direction. Interpretation