3Objects of Act

3 Objects of Act

3 Objects of Act

The objects of this Act are as follows—

(a) to provide for the management of the marine estate of New South Wales consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development in a manner that—

(i) promotes a biologically diverse, healthy and productive marine estate, and

(ii) facilitates—

• economic opportunities for the people of New South Wales, including opportunities for regional communities, and

• the cultural, social and recreational use of the marine estate, and

• the maintenance of ecosystem integrity, and

• the use of the marine estate for scientific research and education,

(b) to promote the co-ordination of the exercise, by public authorities, of functions in relation to the marine estate,

(c) to provide for the declaration and management of a comprehensive system of marine parks and aquatic reserves.