(1) A person may apply to the Minister for a consent to use or develop, or undertake works on, marine and coastal Crown land.
(2) An application under subsection (1) must be made in a form and manner approved by the Minister.
(3) If the responsible authority under the Planning and Environment Act 1987 gives the Minister, the Secretary or the Department, as a referral authority under that Act, a copy of an application under that Act for a permit for a use or development of, or works on, marine and coastal Crown land, that application is taken to be an application under this section for a consent, unless a consent has already been given under this Division for that use or development or those works.