This Act is enacted to promote conservation and utilization of lands and natural resources, and reasonable distribution of population and industrial activities, so as to accelerate economic development, improve living environment, and enhance public welfare. The Act consists of 5 Chapters: General Provisions; Preparation, Alteration, Approval and Announcement of Regional Plans; Control of Regional Land Utilization; Promotion of Regional Development and Construction; Penal Provisions; Supplementary Provisions. The content of a regional plan shall include: Scope of the region; Natural environment; Regional functions; Predictions on population and economic growth, land utilization, resources development etc; Urban and rural development patterns; Development and conservation of natural resources; Land-use plan and land segmentation control; Regional industrial development plan; Regional public facilities plan; Regional environmental protection facilities plan; etc. Regional plans shall be approved according to the procedure described in Article 9. After a regional plan is announced and implemented, for the non-urban lands, the concerned municipal or county (city) governments shall work out non-urban land-use zoning maps according to the land-use plan of non-urban lands, classify the lands of various purposes, and report to the upper-level competent authority for review and recording prior to implementation of control. The control rules shall be prescribed by the central competent authority (art.15). To promote the implementation of regional plans and the construction of public facilities, the central, municipal and county (city) competent authorities may invite the related authorities, public bodies, academic institutions, mass organizations, and public or private enterprises to establish the Regional Construction Committee (art.18).
Taiwan Province of China · 1974-01-31