Section 6: The National Planning and Development Commission

6. The National Planning and Development Commission (1) There is established for the purposes of this Act a National Planning and Development Commission. (2) The Commission shall consist of the following permanent members— (a) a Chairperson, who shall have proven experience in any field relating to the planning and development of land and who shall be appointed by the Prime Minister; (b) a representative of the Ministry responsible for the subject of planning and development of land; (c) the Director General of the Ministry responsible for the subject of economic development or his representative; (d) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for the subject of agriculture or his representative; (e) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for the subject of environment or his representative; (f) the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry responsible for the subject of public infrastructure or his representative; (g) one representative of the Rodrigues Regional Assembly; (h) 2 persons who shall represent the local authorities in Mauritius; (i) 3 persons who shall represent the private sector of the economy with special reference to commerce, industry, tourism, property development and construction and agriculture. [Issue 5] P11 – 8 Revised Laws of Mauritius (3) The Commission shall co-opt 3 persons drawn from professions and disciplines relating to land use planning and development, including architecture, planning, land economy, civil engineering and social planning. (4) Every member referred to in subsection (2), other than the Chairperson and the ex officio members, shall be appointed by the Minister. (5) The Minister shall consult organisations representative of those sections of the private sector referred to in subsection (2) (i) and professional associations representative of those professions and disciplines referred to in subsection (3) on the names of persons from those organisations and associations to be considered for appointment to the Commission, but the Minister shall not be bound to make appointments to the Commission only from those persons whose names have been proposed. (6) Every member of the Commission shall be paid such fees as may be approved by the Minister. (S. 6 not in operation.)