Coastal Protection and Management Act 1995

This section applies to an application for any of the following not finally decided before the commencement of this section—

a sanction to carry out works given under the Harbours Act, section 86;

an authorisation to reclaim land given under the Harbours Act, section 91;

a permit under the Beach Protection Act, section 44;

a consent under the Beach Protection Act, section 45(6), relating to an approval to open a road or subdivide land in a coastal management district;

a permit under the Beach Protection Act, section 47(1A);

a provisional approval to construct a canal under the Canals Act, section 5;

a final approval to construct a canal under the Canals Act, section 7;

a dredging permit under the Marine Land Dredging By-law 1987, section 6.

From the commencement—

processing of the application and all matters incidental to the processing must proceed as if the Act or by-law under which the application was made had not been repealed; and

any sanction, authorisation, permit, consent or approval issued is taken to be a preliminary approval or development permit, as the case may be.