National Environment Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008)

Chapter 2 : Coastal Zone

Part 2 : Coastal protection zone

17. Purpose of coastal protection zone

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The coastal protection zone is established for enabling the use of land that is adjacent to coastal public property or that plays a significant role in a coastal ecosystem to be managed, regulated or restricted in order to—

(a)protect the ecological integrity, natural character and the economic, social and aesthetic value of coastal public property;
(b)avoid increasing the effect or severity of natural hazards in the coastal zone;
(c)protect people, property and economic activities from risks arising from dynamic coastal processes, including the risk of sea-level rise;
(d)maintain the natural functioning of the littoral active zone;
(e)maintain the productive capacity of the coastal zone by protecting the ecological integrity of the coastal environment; and
(f)make land near the seashore available to organs of state and other authorised persons for—
(i)performing rescue operations; or
(ii)temporarily depositing objects and materials washed up by coastal waters.

[Paragraph (f)(ii) substituted by section 13 of Act No. 36 of 2014]