COASTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 56 56 Things to be considered when declaring coastal management districts

Queensland Consolidated Acts

56 Things to be considered when declaring coastal management districts

The following things must be considered before an area is declared as a coastal management district--

(a) the area's vulnerability to erosion by the sea or to wind induced effects;

(b) whether the area should be kept in an undeveloped state to maintain or enhance the coast or coastal resources;

(c) public access to a foreshore in the area;

(d) foreseeable human impacts and natural hazards in the area;

(e) the existing tenure of, interests in, and rights to, land in the area;

(f) Aboriginal tradition and Island custom of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people particularly concerned with land in the area;

(g) planning and development management of the area.