6.       Preparation of development plan

            (1) In any planning area the Minister shall, as soon as may be practicable after the appointed day, carry out a survey of the whole of the planning area.

            (2) Not later than two years after the appointed day, or within such extended period as the National Assembly may by resolution allow, the Minister shall prepare in draft a development plan consisting of a report of the survey together with a plan indicating the manner in which he proposes that the land in the planning area may be used (whether by the carrying out thereon of development or otherwise) and the stages by which any such development may be carried out.

            (3) A development plan shall include such maps and such descriptive matter as may be necessary to illustrate the proposals aforesaid with such degree of particularity as may be appropriate to different parts of the planning area; and a development plan may in particular-

     (a)     define the sites of proposed roads, public and other buildings and works, airfields, parks, pleasure grounds, nature reserves and other open spaces; and

     (b)     allocate areas of land for use for agricultural, forestry, mining, water resource, industrial, residential, or other purposes of any class specified in the plan.

            (4) Without prejudice to the provisions of subsection (3), a development plan may make provision for any of the matters mentioned in the Second Schedule.

            (5) At any time before a development plan with respect to the whole of a planning area has been made by the Minister under this section, the Minister may prepare in draft a development plan relating to any part of the planning area, and the foregoing provisions of this section shall apply in relation to any such plan as they apply in relation to a plan relating to the whole of a planning area.

7.       Revision of development plan

            The Minister may at any time prepare proposals for such alterations or additions to any development plan as appear to him to be expedient.

8.       Making of development plan

            (1) The Minister shall, in the course of preparing a development plan relating to any land, or proposals for the revision of any such plan, consult with any local authority in whose district such development plan will have effect and may consult with such other persons, bodies of persons or authorities as he thinks fit.

            (2) Notice shall be published in the Gazette and in one newspaper circulating in the planning area that the Minister has prepared in draft any such plan or proposals for the revision of any such plan, and of the place or places where the copies of such plan or proposals may be inspected by the public.

            (3) If any objection or representation with respect to any such plan or proposals for the revision of any such plan is made in writing to the Minister within one month of the publication of the notice in the Gazette referred to in subsection (2), the Minister shall take into consideration the objection or representation and, having done so, shall make the development plan with or without modification of the draft plan or proposals.

            (4) If, as a result of any objection or representation considered in connection with a development plan or proposals for a revision of such a plan, the Minister is of the opinion that a person, body or authority ought to be consulted before he decides to make the plan either with or without modifications, or to revise the plan, as the case may be, the Minister shall consult that person, body or authority but he shall not be obliged to consult any other person, body or authority or to afford any opportunity for further objections or representations.

            (5) The making by the Minister of a development plan or of proposals for revision of such a plan shall be published in the Gazette and in one newspaper circulating in the planning area and copies of any such plan or proposals as made by the Minister shall be available for inspection by the public.

            (6) A development plan or a revision of a development plan shall become operative on the date of its publication in the Gazette or on such later date as the Minister may determine.