Source: https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/~/view/act/1979/13/historical2015-06-04/part4d
Timestamp: 2020-08-05 17:38:08
Document Index: 792145938

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 5', 'art 5', 'art 3', 'art 5', 'art 3', 'art 5', 'art 4', 'art 4']

Historical version for 4 June 2015 to 7 July 2015 (accessed 6 August 2020 at 03:38) Repealed version
(1) A Coastal Authority may, in respect of a beach on land for which it is a designated authority, order a person to remove material deposited by or on behalf of the person on the beach that, in the opinion of the Coastal Authority:
(a) causes or is likely to cause increased erosion of a beach or land adjacent to a beach, or
(b) unreasonably limits or is likely to unreasonably limit public access to a beach or headland, or
(c) poses or is likely to pose a threat to public safety.
(2) A Coastal Authority may order a person who is the owner or occupier of land that is on or has a frontage to a beach for which it is a designated authority:
(a) to refrain from erecting a structure on the beach or on or near the boundary of the land and the beach, or
(b) to remove a structure erected by or on behalf of the person on the beach or on or near the boundary of the land and the beach (not being a structure lawfully erected before the commencement of this section),
if the structure, in the opinion of the Coastal Authority:
(c) causes or is likely to cause increased erosion of a beach or land adjacent to a beach, or
(d) unreasonably limits or is likely to unreasonably limit public access to a beach or headland, or
(e) poses or is likely to pose a threat to public safety.
(3) An order under this section that requires a person to remove material or a structure from land may, if the Coastal Authority that made the order is of the opinion that the material or structure has caused increased erosion of a beach, or land adjacent to a beach, include a requirement that the person restore the eroded beach or land concerned in accordance with:
(4) A person who carries out work in compliance with a requirement of an order given under this section by a Coastal Authority is not subject to Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 in carrying out the work.
(5) Before giving an order under this section that relates to Crown land within the meaning of the Crown Lands Act 1989 or land within a reserve as defined in Part 5 of that Act, a Coastal Authority must consult the Minister administering that Act.
(6) This section does not apply to material deposited on a beach, or a structure erected, as part of development for which consent has been granted or that is exempt development or development that does not need consent under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 or is an approved project within the meaning of Part 3A of that Act or approved State significant infrastructure within the meaning of Part 5.1 of that Act.
(7) This section does not apply in relation to temporary coastal protection works.
(1) A Coastal Authority that is a designated authority for land may order a person not to carry out an activity on a beach on the land that the person is carrying out, or is about to carry out, if the Coastal Authority is of the opinion that the activity:
(2) This section does not apply to an activity in the course of development for which consent has been granted or that is exempt development or development that does not need consent under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 or is an approved project within the meaning of Part 3A of that Act or approved State significant infrastructure within the meaning of Part 5.1 of that Act.
(3) This section does not apply if the activity comprises the placement or maintenance of temporary coastal protection works.
(4) A council may not give an order under this section to a Minister or another public authority or to an authorised network operator under the Electricity Network Assets (Authorised Transactions) Act 2015.
(1) An order under this Part may be given to a person by notice in writing or orally.
(2) An order under this Part:
(a) takes effect immediately (or from a later date specified in the written notice or at the time the order is given orally), and
(b) is subject to such conditions as the Coastal Authority may specify in the written notice or at the time the order is given orally, and
(c) may require a person to cease doing, or causing or permitting to be done, the relevant activity for a specified time, and
(d) may require a person to do, or cause or permit to be done, the relevant activity within a specified time.
(3) The Coastal Authority concerned may vary or revoke the order or the conditions of the order by further notice in writing or further oral order given to the person subject to the order.
(4) An order given orally to a person ceases to have effect on the expiration of 72 hours from the time it was given unless confirmed by the Coastal Authority who gave the order by a notice in writing given to the person.
(5) Subject to subsection (4), an order under this Part remains in force until whichever of the following happens first:
(a) the order is revoked by the Coastal Authority concerned,
(b) the activity to which the order relates obtains planning permission and evidence of the planning permission is provided to the Coastal Authority concerned.
(6) A Coastal Authority is not required, before making an order under this Part, to notify any person who may be affected by the order.
(7) A Coastal Authority (other than a council) that makes an order under this Part must notify the relevant local council of the following:
(b) full compliance with the order.
(8) A council must keep a record of the following:
(a) all orders under this Part made by it or notified to it under subsection (7) (a),
(b) full compliance with an order under this Part made by it,
(c) full compliance (notified to it by another Coastal Authority) with an order under this Part made by the other Coastal Authority.
(9) An order under this Part given to a person does not authorise the person to enter land without the permission of the owner of the land.
(10) In this section, evidence of planning permission means evidence that:
(a) development consent or approval under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 has been granted, or
(b) the development concerned has become exempt development under that Act.
(1) The purpose of this section is to enable a Coastal Authority to recover the administrative costs of preparing and giving orders under this Part.
(2) A person who is given an order under this Part by a Coastal Authority must within 30 days pay a fee of $444 (or such higher fee as may be prescribed by the regulations) to the Coastal Authority.
(3) The Coastal Authority may:
(a) extend the time for payment of the fee, on the application of the person required to pay the fee, or
(b) waive payment of the whole or any part of the fee, on the Coastal Authority’s own initiative or on the application of the person required to pay the fee.
(4) A fee is not payable for the variation of an order made under this Part.
(5) A person who does not pay the fee within the time provided under this section is guilty of an offence.
(1) If a dispute arises between a council and a Coastal Authority that is a Minister in relation to the exercise of a function under Part 4C or this Part, the Minister may direct the council as to the exercise of the function.
(2) If a dispute arises between two Coastal Authorities in relation to the exercise of a function under Part 4C or this Part (other than a dispute between a council and a Minister), the dispute may be referred to the Premier for resolution:
(a) by a party to the dispute, if that party is a Minister, or
(b) by the Minister responsible for a party to the dispute, if that party is not a Minister.
(3) The Premier may give directions as the Premier sees fit to resolve the dispute.
(4) A Coastal Authority is to comply with a direction under this section.
(5) This section applies to the Director-General in the same way as it applies to a Minister.