Coastal protection
Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995
The object of this Act is to —- provide for the protection, conservation, rehabilitation and management of the coast including its resources and biological diversity;
- have regard to the goal, core objectives and guiding principles of the national strategy for ecologically sustainable development in the use of the coastal zone;
- provide with other legislation a co-ordinated and integrated management and administrative framework for the ecologically sustainable development of the coastal zone; and
- encourage the enhancement of knowledge of coastal resources and the effect of human activities on the coastal zone.
Coastal management is to be achieved by co-ordinated and integrated planning
and decision making.
Chapter 2 details how coastal management is to be undertaken. A Coastal Protection
Advisory Council comprising the chief executive and 11 members with broad functions
is established. Regional consultative groups are appointed by the Minister to
help prepare regional coastal management plans.
The Act requires the Minister to prepare a state coastal management plan. This plan and regional coastal management plans describe how areas in the coastal zones are to be managed. Plans must be reviewed every seven years.
The Act provides for the declaration of coastal management districts, which
currently comprise the existing erosion prone areas and coastal management control
districts established under the Beach Protection Act 1968. Coastal
management districts are also identified in regional coastal management plans
as these are developed. They can be declared for a variety of reasons including
an area's vulnerability to erosion, whether it should be kept in an undeveloped
state and consideration of the foreseeable human impact in the area.
Provisions for removal of State-owned quarry material from tidal waters, coastal
protection and tidal works notices, and coastal building line lines are contained
in the Act.
The Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995, as amended from 20
October 2003, repeals the Harbours Act 1955, the Canals Act 1958
and the Beach Protection Act 1968. Provisions from these repealed Acts
have been integrated into the amended Coastal Act and other Government statutes.
The amended Coastal Act includes provisions to continue permissions and approvals
given under the older coastal legislation and describes how development applications
in progress (lodged before the amendments commenced) will be administered.
Chapter 3 covers investigation and enforcement, chapter 4 deals with legal proceedings, chapter 5 covers administration and chapter 6 covers transitional provisions to deal with undecided applications and existing approvals under the repealed legislation.
Coastal Protection and Management Regulation 2003
This regulation primarily deals with development assessment fees related to the new development assessment system. It replaces the six pieces of subordinate legislation under the repealed Harbours Act 1955, Canals Act 1958 and Beach Protection Act 1968.The regulation also deals with the payment of royalties for the removal of quarry material, and identifies the process for exempting or waiving royalties.
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