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.
Australie · 1979-04-18