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COASTAL PROTECTION ACT 1979 - SECT 56B

Categorisation of coastal risks to land

56B Categorisation of coastal risks to land

The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following:

(a) the categorisation of land within the coastal zone into risk categories according to the level of the risk that particular land will be adversely affected by coastal hazards,
(b) the determination by the Minister of the risk category to which particular land is to be allocated,
(c) the determination by the Minister of the likely response of public authorities to the risks posed by coastal hazards to land within the coastal zone (on the basis of the relevant coastal zone management plan and any other instrument or public document),
(d) requiring the inclusion in a certificate under section 149 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 issued in respect of land within the coastal zone of a statement of the risk category of the land under the regulations and of the likely response of public authorities to the risks posed by coastal hazards to the land as determined by the Minister under the regulations,
(e) providing for notification of councils of the information required to be included by the regulations in a certificate under section 149 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 in respect of land within the coastal zone.



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