Planning and control of development and acquisition of land in new towns

(1) For the purposes of this Act in respect of all aspects of the planning, control and execution of development in any new town, there is hereby conferred on the Corporation all the powers and duties conferred on the Central Authority under the provisions of the Housing and Town Planning Act, Cap. 182 and the regulations made there under. (2) All the provisions of the Housing and Town Planning Act, Cap. 182 and the regulations made there under shall apply in respect of the scheme prepared by the Corporation for any new town in the same manner as if the new town were an area in respect of which the Central Authority had prepared or had decided to prepare a scheme under the Housing and Town Planning Act, Cap. 182 and as if for references to the Central Authority in the Housing and Town Planning and the regulations made there under, there were substituted references to the Corporation.