55Coastal inundation hazard areas

55 Coastal inundation hazard areas

(1)  For the purposes of the Act, land is a coastal inundation hazard area if –

(a) the land is shown on a planning scheme overlay map as being land that is within a coastal inundation hazard area; and

(b) the land –

(i) is classified as land within a hazard band of a coastal inundation hazard area; or

(ii) is shown on a planning scheme overlay map as being land in an investigation area for a coastal inundation hazard area and the land has not been subsequently classified as being an acceptable risk.

(2)  For the purposes of the definition of hazardous area in section 4(1) of the Act –

(a) classification under a coastal inundation determination as being land that is within a hazard band of a coastal inundation hazard area is a prescribed attribute; and

(b) a coastal inundation hazard area is a hazardous area.