Queensland Consolidated Acts

COASTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 54

54 Declaration of coastal management districts

(1) An area within the coastal zone may, under a regulation, be declared as a coastal management district if the Minister considers the area requires protection or management.

(2) In addition, the Minister may, by written notice, declare an area to be a coastal management district, or part of an existing coastal management district, only if the Minister considers the area requires immediate protection or management.

(3) The notice is subordinate legislation and, unless it is earlier repealed, expires 6 months after it commences.

(5) A coastal management district may be assigned a name or number, or both.

(6) The chief executive must give public notice of the declaration of a coastal management district.

(7) The notice must be published in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the control district.