7Coastal vulnerability area

#### 7 Coastal vulnerability area 7 Coastal vulnerability area > > (1) The coastal vulnerability area means the land identified by a State environmental planning policy to be the coastal vulnerability area for the purposes of this Act, being land subject to coastal hazards. > > > (2) The management objectives for the coastal vulnerability area are as follows— > > > > > (a) to ensure public safety and prevent risks to human life, > > > > > (b) to mitigate current and future risk from coastal hazards by taking into account the effects of coastal processes and climate change, > > > > > (c) to maintain the presence of beaches, dunes and the natural features of foreshores, taking into account the beach system operating at the relevant place, > > > > > (d) to maintain public access, amenity and use of beaches and foreshores, > > > > > (e) to encourage land use that reduces exposure to risks from coastal hazards, including through siting, design, construction and operational decisions, > > > > > (f) to adopt coastal management strategies that reduce exposure to coastal hazards— > > > > > > > (i) in the first instance and wherever possible, by restoring or enhancing natural defences including coastal dunes, vegetation and wetlands, and > > > > > > > (ii) if that is not sufficient, by taking other action to reduce exposure to those coastal hazards, > > > > > (g) if taking that other action to reduce exposure to coastal hazards— > > > > > > > (i) to avoid significant degradation of biological diversity and ecosystem integrity, and > > > > > > > (ii) to avoid significant degradation of or disruption to ecological, biophysical, geological and geomorphological coastal processes, and > > > > > > > (iii) to avoid significant degradation of or disruption to beach and foreshore amenity and social and cultural values, and > > > > > > > (iv) to avoid adverse impacts on adjoining land, resources or assets, and > > > > > > > (v) to provide for the restoration of a beach, or land adjacent to the beach, if any increased erosion of the beach or adjacent land is caused by actions to reduce exposure to coastal hazards, > > > > > (h) to prioritise actions that support the continued functionality of essential infrastructure during and immediately after a coastal hazard emergency, > > > > > (i) to improve the resilience of coastal development and communities by improving adaptive capacity and reducing reliance on emergency responses.