The extent of the coastal zone is defined.
Coastal management is to be achieved by co-ordinated and integrated planning and decision making.
Chapter 2 details how coastal management is to be undertaken. A Coastal Protection Advisory Council of the chief executive and 11 member with broad functions is established. Regional consultative groups are appointed by the Minister to help prepare regional coastal management plans. The Act requires the Minister to prepare a state coastal management plan. This plan and regional coastal management plans describe how areas are to be managed.