Control of the Authority within the notified Satellite City Development Area

The Guwahati Satellite City Development Authority Act, 2026

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(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Authority shall, on and from the date of the notification under section 3(1), be the principal authority for planning, development and coordination of all development initiatives, schemes and/or projects within the notified Satellite City Development Areas under this Act.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, on and from the date of notification of the Satellite City Development Area under section 3, all development activities, land use changes, infrastructure projects, development permissions, layout approvals, earmarking and sub-division of land, building and construction activities and development schemes within a notified Satellite City Development Area shall conform to the plans, regulations, byelaws, development schemes and other orders, notifications and/or directions issued by the Authority under this Act.
(3) Every local body, local authority, statutory authority, Government department, public utility, public sector undertaking and other agency and/or entity operating within a notified Satellite City Development Area shall incorporate and make applicable in such manner as may be necessary the plans, rules, regulations, byelaws and/or directions as may be issued by the Authority under this Act from the date of notification of the Satellite City Development Area under section 3.
(4) The Authority may notify in writing any local body, local authority, Government department, statutory authority or public sector undertaking operating within the notified Satellite City Development Area such information, rules, guidelines and/or orders for purposes of securing coordinated planning, infrastructure development and implementation of development schemes within a notified Satellite City Development Area.
(5) Where any existing laws, rules, regulations and/or byelaws are found to be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or any rules or regulations or byelaws made under this Act, the provisions of this Act and the rules, regulations and byelaws made hereunder shall take precedence and shall be given effect to.
(6) Where any project, proposal, scheme, permission and/or activity undertaken in a notified Satellite City Development Area is found to be inconsistent with an approved plan, development scheme or regulation or byelaws made under this Act, such activity shall be ceased immediately upon receipt of a notice in writing from the Authority and shall be subject to the decision of the Authority with respect to such project, proposal, scheme, permission and/or activity.
(7) Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed as divesting any local authority or statutory authority of its statutory municipal and/or development functions except to the extent expressly provided under this Act and limited to the notified Satellite City Development Areas only.
(8) The State Government may, by notification, confer upon the Authority such additional powers, functions and responsibilities as may be necessary for securing and achieving integrated and planned development within a notified Satellite City Development Area as per the provisions of this Act.
(9) The State Government and/or the Authority may make such rules and/or regulations and/or byelaws as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Section, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

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