- Challenges with Spatial Planning
- The current provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act of Trinidad and Tobago, in relation to the Tobago House of Assembly Act, present obvious challenges for spatial planning in Tobago.
- For example, although the THA has responsibility for Town and Country Planning under item (15) of the Fifth Schedule of the THA Act, Chapter 25:03, the Tobago House of Assembly does not have legislative authority over development planning and control in Tobago.
- The Town and Country Planning Act of Trinidad and Tobago, Chapter 35:01, Part I, Section (3), gives the legislative authority for development planning and control to the Minister of Planning and Development in the Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago.
- The Town and Country Planning Act Part I section (3) provides the legal basis for all spatial development planning and control in Trinidad and Tobago.
- The Fifth Schedule of the THA Act outlines all the areas in which the THA can develop and implement policies.
- Section 25 (1) of the THA Act empowers the THA to develop and implement policies for Tobago.
- Section 29 (1) of the THA Act empowers the THA legislature to establish Assembly laws to implement policies developed by the THA.
