New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COASTAL PROTECTION ACT 1979 - SECT 4

4 Definitions

(1) In this Act, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:
"coastal region" includes the coastal zone.
"coastal zone" means:

(a) the area within the coastal waters of the State as defined in Part 10 of the Interpretation Act 1987 (including any land within those waters), and

(b) the area of land and the waters that lie between the western boundary of the coastal zone (as shown on the maps outlining the coastal zone) and the landward boundary of the coastal waters of the State, and

(c) the seabed (if any) and the subsoil beneath, and the airspace above, the areas referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).

Note: The coastal zone consists of the area between the western boundary of the coastal zone shown on the maps outlining the coastal zone and the outermost boundary of the coastal waters of the State. The coastal waters of the State extend, generally, to 3 nautical miles from the coastline of the State.

"council" means a council or a county council within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 .
"functions" includes powers, authorities and duties.
"principles of ecologically sustainable development" means the principles of ecologically sustainable development described in section 6 (2) of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 .
"public authority" means a Minister of the Crown of the State, a department or instrumentality of the State, a council and any other public or local authority constituted by or under any Act, and includes any prescribed body.
"regulation" means a regulation made under this Act.

(2) A reference in this Act to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, the performance of that duty.