(1) In formulating, and before finally determining the contents of, the master plan, the local planning authority shall take such steps as will, in its opinion, ensure that there is adequate consultation in connection with the matters proposed to be included in the master plan.
(2) After adopting the master plan but before submitting it in terms of subsection (1) of section sixteen, the local planning authority shall—
(a) place on public exhibition for two months a copy of the draft master plan with a statement indicating the time within which objections to, or representations in connection with, the draft master plan may be made to the Minister, with copies thereof being sent to the local planning authority; and
(b) give public notice of the place or places at which, and the period for which, the draft master plan will be exhibited in terms of paragraph (a) and the time within which objections to, or representations in connection with, the draft master plan may be made in terms of paragraph (a).
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply to a scheduled local planning authority.