HIERARCHY OF GOVERNMENT

FIRST TIER
- FEDERAL -

SECOND TIER
- STATE -

THIRD TIER
- LOCAL -

MALAYSIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

- The position of Local Government in Malaysia is stated in the Federal Constitution.

- By virtue of items 4 and 5 of the Ninth Schedule, Local Government outside the
Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya is subject under the state
list.

- All Local Governments outside the Federal Territories are under exclusive jurisdiction
of the state governments.

- A Local Government is often viewed as an institution that provides urban services to

its local communities.

- In general, the Local Governments are responsible for public health and sanitization
such as provision and maintenance of public places and amenities, waste and rubbish
disposal, town planning and building control, social and economical development and
maintenance of all infrastructures in the local community areas.
 ACT APPLICABLE TO THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS IN THE PENINSULAR
- Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171)
- Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (Act
172)
- Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974
(Act 133)
- Federal Territory (Planning) Act 1982 (Act
267)
FUNCTIONS OF A LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
UNDER THE STREET, DRAINAGE AND
BUILDING ACT 1974
- This act gives the local authority to plan,
control of the development of street,
drainage and building within the local
authority area.
- Maintain and improve public streets.
Construct public sewers.
- Control activities with regards to the use
of buildings.
FUNCTIONS OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT
UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1976
- The Local Government Act 1976 provides a set of
comprehensive functions and responsibilities for the local
government.
- The mandatory functions include all critical functions such
as refuse collection, street lighting and activities pertaining
to public health.
- Discretionary functions include all development functions
such as providing amenities, recreational parks, housing
and commercial activities.
- The provisions of the Local Government Act grant the
local authorities the roles of local planning authority;
licensing authority; taxation authority with power to
impose certain kinds of taxes;
- Undertake building, housing and commercial
construction (markets, hawker stalls etc.);
- Power to perform urban planning and management
functions;
- Traffic management and control (manage urban public
transport systems); and
- Power to plan and provide public utilities.
FUNCTIONS OF A LOCAL GOVERNMENT
UNDER THE TOWN AND PLANNING ACT 1976
- This act gives the local authority the powers to
control land use planning, control and conservation
of all lands and buildings within their local authority
area.
- The local authority assumes the functions of a local
planning authority as conferred by section 5 and
carries out the following functions:
# To regulate, control, and plan the development and
use of all lands and buildings within its area;
# To undertake, assist in, and encourage the collection,
maintenance, and publication of statistics, bulletins,
and monographs, and other publications relating to
town and country planning and its methodology; and
# To perform such other functions as the State
Authority or the Committee may from time to time
assign to it.
MLS PART IV