10Matters relating to identification of coastal management areas

#### 10 Matters relating to identification of coastal management areas 10 Matters relating to identification of coastal management areas > > (1) LEPs may amend SEPPs to identify coastal management areas For the avoidance of doubt, a local environmental plan under the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203) may amend a State environmental planning policy under that Act to identify a coastal management area (or part of such an area) for the purposes of this Act. > > > > Note— > > > > The [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203), Division 3.4 deals with the making of local environmental plans, including the preparation and submission of planning proposals for the making of local environmental plans by councils and other relevant planning authorities. > > > (2) Recommendation of Minister required A provision of an environmental planning instrument under the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203) that identifies a coastal management area (or part of such an area) for the purposes of this Act must not be made without the recommendation of the Minister administering this Act. > > > (3) Hierarchy of management objectives if overlapping A single parcel of land may be identified by a State environmental planning policy as being within different coastal management areas. However, in such a case, if the management objectives of the areas are inconsistent, the management objectives of the highest of the following coastal management areas (set out highest to lowest) prevail to the extent of the inconsistency— > > > > > (a) the coastal wetlands and littoral rainforests area, > > > > > (b) the coastal vulnerability area, > > > > > (c) the coastal environment area, > > > > > (d) the coastal use area. > > **s 10:** Am 2023 No 35, Sch 1.5\[1\].