National Environment Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008)Chapter 2 : Coastal ZonePart 1 : Coastal public property15. Measures affecting erosion and accretion |
| (1) | No person, owner or occupier of land adjacent to the seashore or other coastal public property capable of erosion or accretion may require any organ of state or any other person to take measures to prevent the erosion or accretion of the seashore or such other coastal public property, or of land adjacent to coastal public property, unless the erosion is caused by an intentional act or omission of that organ of state or other person. |
| (2) | No person may construct, maintain or extend any structure, or take other measures on coastal public property to prevent or promote erosion or accretion of the seashore except as provided for in this Act, the National Environmental Management Act or any other specific environmental management Act. |
[Subsection (2) substituted by section 11 of Act No. 36 of 2014]