| (1) | The Minister must progressively, and within the available resources of the Department, make sufficient information available and accessible to the public concerning the protection and management of the coastal zone to enable the public to make an informed decision of the extent to which the State is fulfilling its duty in terms of section 3. |
| (a) | prepare a report on the state of the coastal environment in the province every four years, which must contain any information prescribed by the Minister; |
| (b) | update the report once applicable information pertaining to the coastal environment under the jurisdiction of the MEC becomes available; and |
| (c) | submit the report and every update to the Minister. |
| (3) | The Minister must prepare and regularly update a national report on the state of the coastal environment, which must include— |
| (a) | information from provincial reports submitted to the Minister in terms of subsection (2); and |
| (b) | a review on the status of each pipeline that discharges effluent into coastal waters in terms of section 69 and its impact on the coastal environment and progress on any other national responsibilities in this Act. |
[Subsection (3) substituted by section 56 of Act No. 36 of 2014]
