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Coastal Protection Act 1979.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
New South Wales
Document type
Legislation
Date
1979 (2005)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An 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