Marine Estate Management Act 2014. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision New South Wales Document type Legislation Date 2014 (2018) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the strategic exercise of government functions in the management of the marine estate of New South Wales; for the declaration and management of marine parks and aquatic reserves; and for other purposes. Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Institution Marine area Marine protected areas National parks Management/conservation Cultural heritage Traditional rights/customary rights Protected area Indigenous peoples Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on 19 December 2014. Abstract This Act, consisting of 84 Sections, divided into eight Parts and completed by four Schedules, provides for the strategic exercise of government functions in the management of the marine estate of New South Wales; for the declaration and management of marine parks and aquatic reserves. The objects of this Act are as follows: a) to provide for the management of the marine estate of New South Wales consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development in a manner that: promotes a biologically diverse, healthy and productive marine estate, and facilitates: economic opportunities for the people of New South Wales, including opportunities for regional communities, and the cultural, social and recreational use of the marine estate, and the maintenance of ecosystem integrity, and the use of the marine estate for scientific research and education, b) to promote the co-ordination of the exercise, by public authorities, of functions in relation to the marine estate, c) to provide for the declaration and management of a comprehensive system of marine parks and aquatic reserves. Full text English Website www6.austlii.edu.au References - Legislation Implemented by Marine Estate Management Regulation 2009. Legislation | Australia | 2009 (2015) Keyword: Zoning, Protected area, Marine protected areas, Management/conservation, Research, Offences/penalties, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX Marine Estate Management Regulation 2017. Legislation | Australia | 2017 Keyword: Zoning, Protected area, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Offences/penalties, Marine protected areas, Management/conservation, Research, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX