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

Chapter 5 : Institutional Arrangmenets

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(1)	The Minister must by notice in the Gazette establish a National Coastal Committee and determine its powers.

(2)	The Department must provide administrative support to the National Coastal Committee.

(3)	The National Coastal Committee must promote integrated coastal management in the Republic and effective co-operative governance by co-ordinating the effective implementation of this Act and of the national coastal management programme, and in particular must—

(a)	promote integrated coastal management—

(i)	within each sphere of government;

(ii)	between different spheres of government; and

(iii)

between organs of state and other parties concerned with coastal management;

(b)	promote the integration of coastal management concerns and objectives into—

(i)	those environmental implementation plans and environmental management plans referred to in Chapter 3 of the National Environmental Management Act to which they are relevant;

(ii)	national, provincial and municipal development policies, plans and strategies;

(iii)

other plans, programmes and policies of organs of state whose activities may create adverse effects on the coastal environment; and

(c)	perform any function delegated to it.

(4)	The National Coastal Committee must report to the Minister annually on the matters in subsection (3) and that report must be tabled in Parliament.

[Subsection (4) inserted by section 24 of Act No. 36 of 2014]