Power of Government to transfer the powers of the Councils, Panchayats, Zilla Parishads, etc., to the Authority.

(1) Notwithstanding anything in any other law or regulation in force, where the Government consider expedient for the effective functioning of the Authority, they may, by notification, suspend any of the powers of local authority relating to the control on development and use of lands and buildings under the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955 the Telangana Municipalities Act, 1965, the Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayats Act, 1964, the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Samithis and Zilla Parishads Act, 1959 and transfer such powers to the Authority. (2) Where such powers are transferred to the Authority, the Authority shall be deemed to be the local authority concerned; the Chairman of the Authority shall be deemed to be the Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation or the Chairman of the Municipality or the Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat or President of the Panchayat Samithi or Chairman of the Zilla Parishad as the case may be and the Vice-Chairman of the Authority shall be deemed to be the Executive Authority; and the Authority shall strictly exercise the powers transferred to it under sub-section (1) within the area under the territorial jurisdiction of the local authority concerned. (3) Where the jurisdiction of the Authority includes the areas in which the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Town Planning Act, 1920 is in force, the Authority shall be the Municipal Council or the Town Planning Trust as the case may be to enforce the provisions of the said Act, and the Authority and its Chairman shall be deemed to be the Municipality and its Chairman or the Town Planning Trust and the Chairman of the Town Planning Trust, as the case may be and the provisions of the said Act shall stand modified accordingly.