Clause 8

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) There shall be paid to the competent authority a tax (referred to in this Act as a development charge) for written permission, including amendments to the written permission, granted under section 9(1) which permits development of land in an area —

not in accordance with the purposes for which the area has been zoned in the Master Plan;

in excess of the plot ratio specified in the Master Plan in relation to that area;

in excess of the equivalent plot ratio of that area; or

of such a nature involving any change in the use of the land or any building as may be prescribed,except that a development charge for amendments to a written permission shall not be payable with respect to any floor area for which the development charge has already been paid.”;

by deleting the words “before 1st January 1964” in subsection (4) and substituting the words “for which development charge where payable has been paid”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(5) For the purposes of this section, the equivalent plot ratio of any area shall be the numerical value obtained by multiplying the maximum density specified in the Master Plan in relation to that area with a prescribed factor.”.