Coast Protection Act 1972

The Board shall in respect of any coast protection district constituted under this Part, make an investigation, or cause an investigation to be made, in order to determine the most appropriate measures to be taken to protect, restore or develop the coast comprised in the coast protection district in the best interests of the public.

In preparing a management plan, the Board shall consult with, and take into account the interests of, any council whose area comprises the whole or any part of the coast protection district.

Upon completion of an investigation, the Board shall prepare a management plan setting forth in general terms the measures that the Board considers necessary or expedient for the protection, restoration or development of the coast comprised in the coast protection district.

The Board shall, upon completion of a management plan—

send, or cause to be sent, to each council whose area comprises any portion of the coast protection district, a copy of the management plan;

arrange for the display of the management plan in an office or offices readily accessible to members of the public; and

cause an advertisement to be published in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State stating that the management plan may be inspected at the office or offices specified in the advertisement and that representations may be made to the Board in respect of the proposals contained in the plan at any time within a period specified in the advertisement, being a period expiring not less than two months after the date of the advertisement.

Any council to which a notice is sent under subsection (4) of this section, and any other person, may within the period specified in the advertisement published under that subsection, make written representations to the Board in respect of the proposals contained in the management plan.

The Board shall consider the representations and may alter the management plan in such manner as it thinks fit.

The Board shall, after consideration of the representations (if any) made in respect of the management plan, refer the statement with a summary of the representations, and the amendments (if any) made to the plan, to the

The Minister may submit the management plan to the

The Governor may, by proclamation, declare a management plan submitted to him under this section to be an approved management plan.

An approved management plan may be varied or revoked by a subsequent management plan prepared and approved in accordance with this section.

The Board shall supply each council whose area comprises any portion of a coast protection district with a copy of the management plan relating to that district, and shall at the request of any other person, and upon payment of the prescribed fee, supply him with a copy of a management plan.

In preparing or reviewing a management plan that could affect a specially protected area or resource, the Board must consult with, and have regard to the views of, the relevant Minister.