Power to designate local authority as Planning Authority

Power to Designate a Local Authority as Planning Authority.-(1) The Government may, instead of constituting a Planning Authority for a Planning Area, designate any Local Authority functioning in a Planning Area or part thereof, as the Planning Authority for that Planning Area.

1. (2) The Local Authority designated under sub-section (1) as the Planning Authority may, for the purposes of performing the functions assigned to Planning Authority under this Act, set up such committees which it considers necessary in the manner as prescribed.