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will be given powers of inspection and
enforcement.
Non-
compliance with the requirement to discontinue an unauthorized
development or reinstate the land will, on conviction, be liable
to punishment by fine or imprisonment. However, in view of the
comments the Administration has received during the consultation
exercise on the Bill, I shall be putting forward proposals for
in fines and the removal of the imprisonment
a reduction
sentence.
10.
The
As existing uses prior to the gazetting of development
permission area plans will be permitted to continue, this could
have the effect of encouraging development in anticipation of the
operation of the Bill. Section 25 of Clause 8 of the Bill
therefore provides for an interim development permission system,
whereby as from the date of gazetting (that is 27 July 1990), the
Director of Planning is empowered to publish plans of interim
development permission areas as directed by the Governor.
Director of Planning may approve or refuse applications for
change of use within interim development permission areas.
Pending the passage of the Bill, contravention of the interim
plan cannot be enforced. But if the Bill is passed by this
Council, and if the areas covered by the interim development
permission plans become part of a development permission area
within six months of the enactment of the legislation, the
Director of Planning's approval will be honoured and developments
in contravention of the plan will be enforceable.