(1) The municipal council must prepare a municipal strategic statement for inclusion in the planning scheme prepared under section 18 on or before the date specified by the Minister in respect of that planning scheme.
(2) If a municipal council has not prepared a municipal strategic statement for inclusion in a planning scheme on or before the date specified by the Minister under subsection (1), the Minister may prepare a municipal strategic statement for inclusion in that planning scheme.
(3) Section 12A of the Principal Act as amended by this Act applies to the preparation of a municipal strategic statement under this section.