National Environmental Act 1980 · As enacted · Part IV · Environmental Management
15. Land Use management
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The Authority in consultation with the Council shall, with the assistance of the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Lands, formulate and recommend to the
Minister a land use scheme consistent with the following objects :—
' to provide a rational, orderly and efficient system of the acquisition, utilization and disposition of land and its resources in order to derive therefrom maximum benefits ; and
to encourage the prudent use and conservation of land resources in order to prevent an imbalance between the needs of the nation and such resources.