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(1) Notwithstanding anything in any other law or regulation in force, where the Government consider expedient for the effective functioning of the Authority, they may, by notification, suspend any of the powers of local authority relating to the control on development and use of lands and buildings under the 35[Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation] Act, 1955 the 36[Telangana Municipalities Act, 1965], the 37[Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayats Act, 1964], the 38[Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Samithis and Zilla Parishads Act, 1959] and transfer such powers to the Authority. (2) Where such powers are transferred to the Authority, the Authority shall be deemed to be the local authority concerned; the Chairman of the Authority shall be deemed to be the Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation or the Chairman of the Municipality or the Sarpanch of the Gram Panchayat or President of the Panchayat Samithi or Chairman of the Zilla Parishad as the case may be 39[and the Vice-Chairman of the Authority shall be deemed to be the Executive Authority]; and the Authority shall strictly exercise the powers transferred to it under sub-section (1) within the area under the territorial jurisdiction of the local authority concerned.