s 19 Approval and adoption of the East Coast Economic Region Master Plan
(1) When the Council has prepared the draft East Coast Economic Region Master Plan, the Council shall submit the draft East Coast Economic Region Master Plan to the State Governments of Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Johor for approval. (2) The State Government of Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, or Johor may withhold its approval of the draft East Coast Economic Region Master Plan only if the State Government of Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang or Johor is of the opinion that the draft East Coast Economic Region Master Plan or any part thereof has not been prepared in accordance with the requirements of sections 17 and 18. (3) F o r t h e a v o i d a n c e o f d o u b t , n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g subsection (2), the State Government of Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang or Johor may not withhold its approval if any of the requirements in section 17 or 18 which in the opinion of the State Government of Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang or Johor has not been complied with is in respect of— (a) a matter pertaining not to their respective State; (b) a matter contained in the Federal List of the Ninth Schedule to the Federal Constitution; or (c) a matter falling within the exclusive purview or responsibility of the Federal Government. (4) The Council shall publish the fact of the approval of the draft East Coast Economic Region Master Plan by the State Governments of Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Johor— (a) at the Council’s internet website, in the national language and English language, together with the East Coast Economic Region Master Plan; and (b) in three issues of at least one local mainstream newspaper in the national language and one in the English language, together with the marking by which the approved East Coast Economic Region Master Plan may be identified and a statement of the time when and the place where the East Coast Economic Region Master Plan may be inspected. (5) Upon approval of the East Coast Economic Region Master Plan by the State Governments of Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Johor— (a) in relation to any area within the East Coast Economic Region for which a local plan has yet to receive the assent of a State Authority under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976, the relevant State Planning Committee for such area shall give a direction to the relevant local planning authority under paragraph 12(3)(b) and subsection 12(8) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 to incorporate into the draft local plan for the area such contents of the East Coast Economic Region Master Plan as such State Planning Committee may deem relevant or appropriate; and (b) in relation to any area within the East Coast Economic Region for which a local plan has received the assent of the State Authority under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976, the relevant State Planning Committee for such area shall give a direction to the relevant local planning authority under subsection 16(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 to alter such local plan by incorporating such contents of the East Coast Economic Region Master Plan as such State Planning Committee may deem relevant or appropriate.