Coastal Protection Act 1979. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision New South Wales Document type Legislation Date 1979 (2005) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to constitute the Coastal Council of New South Wales and to specify its functions; to make provisions relating to the use and occupation of the coastal region; and to facilitate the carrying out of certain coastal protection works. Subject Land & soil, Sea, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Basic legislation Coastal zone management Institution Indigenous peoples Ecosystem preservation Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract This Act provides for the establishment of institutions involved in the protection of the coastal zone and regulates the use of the coastal zone including the carrying out of works. The coastal zone is defined by the Interpretation Act and outlined by maps. There is hereby constituted a Coastal Council of New South Wales. The principal functions of the Coastal Council are to give advice and make reports and recommendations to the Minister for the purpose of encouraging, promoting or securing: the protection and maintenance coastal region and its natural and man-made resources, and the orderly and balanced utilisation and conservation of the coastal region. The Coastal Council may establish standing or special committees for the purpose of advising the Coastal Council in the exercise of its functions under this Act. In exercising functions under Part 3 containing provisions regulating the use of the coastal zone, the Minister of Public works is to have regard to the principles of ecologically sustainable development. The Minister may authorize a person, in writing, to carry out inspections, for the purposes of this Act, of the whole or any part of the coastal zone or any development within the coastal zone. Full text English Website www.austlii.edu.au References - Legislation Implemented by Coastal Protection (Non-Local Government Areas) Regulation 1994. Legislation | Australia | 1994 (2003) Keyword: Coastal zone management, Land-use planning, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX Coastal Protection Regulation 2011. Legislation | Australia | 2011 Keyword: Coastal zone management, Institution, Ecosystem preservation Source: FAO, FAOLEX