A consent for this activity must be conditional on the surrender of land to the Crown. Part 4 contains general provisions including powers of entry, signs and ability to enter contracts and establishes procedures for handling offences against the Act. This provides for applications for permits, consents and compensation to be on certain forms. This provides that requirements for buildings erected or altered in a coastal management control district be incorporated with standard building by-laws. Local government can alter these if the requirements are impracticable or if site conditions are exceptional.
Requirements relate to roof drainage and placement of excavated sand and soil.
This defines the term canal and makes an offence of unlawful construction with a maximum penalty of 2000 penalty units plus a daily penalty not exceeding 40 units while the offence continues. The Act requires provisional approval and final approval before construction starts. Before registration of any dealings in land within a canal estate can take place, publication of a certificate of completion, surrender of the canal to the Crown and lodgement of a plan of subdivision having the approval of the local authority and the Governor in Council must be carried out. It also covers the consequences of connecting a canal with tidal water or another canal, maintenance of canals by local government, accepts all canals in six subdivisions of land on the Gold Coast, establishes offences, and lists matters for regulation. A schedule describes Dunlop's Drain on the Gold Coast.