Victorian Numbered Acts

MARINE AND COASTAL ACT 2018 (NO. 26 OF 2018) - SECT 4

    (1)     Subject to this section, "marine and coastal Crown land" means the following between the outer limit of Victorian coastal waters and 200 metres inland of the high-water mark of the sea—

        (a)     Crown land (whether or not covered by water) to a depth of 200 metres below the surface of that land;

        (b)     any water covering the land referred to in paragraph (a) from time to time.

    (2)     In addition to subsection (1), marine and coastal Crown land includes Crown land (whether or not covered by water) and any water covering that land to a depth of 200 metres below the surface of that land and that is—

        (a)     more than 200 metres inland of the high-water mark of the sea; and

        (b)     reserved under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 for the purposes of the protection of the coastline.

    (3)     The Governor in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, may declare any additional area of Crown land (whether or not covered by water) and any water covering that land to be marine and coastal Crown land for the purposes of this Act.

    (4)     Any Crown land to which a declaration applies under subsection (3) includes the land to a depth of 200 metres below the surface of that land.

    (5)     The Governor in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, may declare any area of marine and coastal Crown land not to be marine and coastal Crown land for the purposes of this Act.