Beach Control Act (Cap. 42:04).

Subject

Fisheries, Land & soil, Sea

Keyword

Marine fisheries Coastal zone management Authorization/permit Protected area Expropriation

Geographical area

Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States

Abstract

The Act provides for the vesting of the foreshore and the floor of the sea in the State and regulates the use and control of those areas and related matters. The “floor of the sea” means the soil and subsoil of the sea off the coast of Dominica between the low-water mark and so far out to sea as is deemed by law to be within the territorial sea. Use of the foreshore and the floor of the sea requires a licence. Exempted from such obligation are agriculture, rights of fishermen in or over any beach or adjoining land before the Act came into operation and other rights specified in section 10. The Minister shall from time to time determine needs and requirements of the public in relation to the foreshore, also in relation to fishing (sect. 6). Section 8 concerns the compulsory acquisition of land for purposes of sections 6 and 7. Section 9 defines regulation making powers of the Minister.

Full text

English

Website

www.dominica.gov.dm

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Beach Control (Prohibition) Order (SRO No. 19 of 1993).

Legislation | Dominica | 1993

Keyword: Marine fisheries, Coastal zone management, Authorization/permit, Protected area, Expropriation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX