An Act to provide for a National Development Planning System, to define and regulate planning procedure and provide for related matters.
This Act provides for a decentralised national system of planning and development. The Act defines planning duties of various local authorities established under the Local Government Act, 1993 and specifies procedures for the preparation and adoption of local development plans. The system shall be coordinated by the National Development Planning Commission, established under the National Development Planning Commission Act, 1994.