(1) A District Planning Authority established under the Local Government Act, 1993 (Act 462), shall-
(a) initiate and prepare district development plans and settlement structure plans in the manner prescribed by the Commission and ensure that the plans are prepared with full participation of the local community;
(b) Carry out studies on-
(i) development planning matters in the district including studies on economic, social, spatial environmental, sectoral and human settlement issues and policies;
(ii) the mobilization of human and physical resources for development in the district;
(c) initiate and co-ordinate the processes of planning, programming, budgeting and implementation of district development plans, programmes and projects;
(d) integrate and ensure that sector and spatial policies, plans, programmes and projects of the district are compatible with each other and with national development objectives issued by the Commission;
(e) synthesize the policy proposals on development planning in the district into a comprehensive framework for the economic, social and spatial development of settlement and ensure that the policy the district including human proposals and projects are in conformity with the principles of sound environmental management;
(f) monitor and evaluate the development policies, programmes and projects in the district; and
(g) provide the Commission with such data and information as it may require.
(2) Notwithstanding section 2(1) (a), the preparation of a settlement plan shall be in accordance with the provisions of any existing legislative instrument on planning which is relevant to the preparation of the settlement plan.