Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Minister must make a Marine and Coastal Policy on matters relating to and affecting the marine and coastal environment on or before 31 December 2019.
(2) The purposes of a Marine and Coastal Policy are—
(a) to outline the policies applying to the marine and coastal environment; and
(b) to provide guidance to decision-makers in achieving the objectives set out in Part 2.
(3) A Marine and Coastal Policy must include a marine spatial planning framework that establishes a process for achieving integrated and co-ordinated planning and management of the marine environment.