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ACT II OF 2020 ACT II OF 2020 BALOCHISTAN HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING AUTHORITY ACT, 2020 An Act to provide for the establishment of Housing and Town Planning Authority in the Province of Balochistan [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 10th September, 2020] No. PAB / Legis; V(18) / 2019, dated 10.9.2020.---The Balochistan Housing And Town Planning Authority Bill, 2019 (Bill No.18 of 2019), having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 10th August, 2020 and assented to by the Governor, Balochistan on 10th September, 2020 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---WHEREAS, it is expedient to establish an authority for Housing and Town Planning in order to provide shelter to the shelter less and to establish a comprehensive system of town planning at regional, district, tehsil or union council level, as such to ensure systematic, integrated growth of urban and rural areas in the Province of Balochistan and to make provisions for matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto: It is hereby enacted as follows:- CHAPTER-II ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTITUTION OF BALOCHISTAN HOUSING AND TOWN PLANNING AUTHORITY. 5. Powers and functions of the Authority.---(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and any rules framed thereunder, the Authority may exercise such powers and take such measures as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing subsection, the Authority shall -- (a) facilitate provision of housing inputs including land, finance, building materials through institutional and legal frame-work and develop indigenous and cost effective approaches; (b) implement parameters of the national housing policy, coordinate and liaise with the Federal Government, District Governments, Tehsil Municipal Administrations, concerned departments and agencies; (c) identify state and other lands for developing low income and low cost housing schemes; (d) facilitate construction of multi storey flats (Low Cost Housing) in collaboration with the District Governments and Tehsil Municipal Administrations by arranging finances from the House Building Finance Corporation, Development Finance Institutions and commercialized banks; (e) provide affordable, cost efficient housing schemes especially for the low income groups and families out of the Revolving Fund; (f) facilitate public and private partnership or ventures in housing and development of recreational activities including Theme Parks and other public facilities; (g) promote environment for friendly and standardized construction activities (Cluster Housing); (h) prepare guidelines, long-term and short-term plans for implementing the low cost housing schemes and programmes; (i) facilitate land availability through various innovative measures, develop a comprehensive land information system (Land Bank) to cater for the planning and development requirements for a period of five to ten years (Forward/future Planning); (j) mobilize resources and generate funds in order to provide finance for housing especially to the low income group; (k) develop land disposal systems which are unified, transparent and market oriented with open auction policy and exception for special needs; (l) suggest measures to check growth of slums and kachi abadis, formulate resettlement and relocation plans; (m) propose suitable amendments in Land Acquisition laws to make provisions for unified, transparent and market oriented system of land acquisition; (n) prepare regional development plans (Inter district spatial planning and Master plans) for an integrated, coordinated and systematic planning to ensure orderly growth and development of physical infrastructure such as highways, railways, industrial zones, conservation of forest reserves and provision of electricity, telephone, natural gas, etc.; (o) plan a comprehensive programme for the development of satellite, intermediate, secondary and industrial towns to reduce migration and drift to dense settlements; (p) develop Geographic Information System (GIS) for efficient land documentation and information related to Housing and Town Planning; (q) provide technical assistance to the District Governments and Tehsil Municipal Administrations towards capacity building in all matters related to Housing and Town Planning; (r) coordinate with Federal, District Governments and Tehsil Municipal Administrations for implementing the development plans and programmes pertaining to Housing and Town Planning; (s) assist provincial agencies such as Workers Welfare Board and Government Servants Housing Scheme, etc., in the areas of low cost housing; (t) formulate policy parameters to ensure liberalization in the existing regulatory measures, and to streamline the affairs of private housing schemes; and (u) perform such other functions as may be assigned to the Authority from time to time by the Provincial Government, the District Governments or, as the case may be, the Tehsil Municipal Administrations.