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Marine Estate Management Act 2014
6Meaning of “marine estate”
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#### 6 Meaning of “marine estate”
6 Meaning of “marine estate”
> In this Act, the marine estate means the following—
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> > (a) the coastal waters of the State within the meaning of Part 10 of the [Interpretation Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-015),
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> > (b) estuaries (being any part of a river whose level is periodically or intermittently affected by coastal tides) up to the highest astronomical tide,
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> > (c) lakes, lagoons and other partially enclosed bodies of water that are permanently, periodically or intermittently open to the sea,
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> > (d) coastal wetlands (including saltmarsh, mangroves and seagrass),
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> > (e) lands immediately adjacent to, or in the immediate proximity of, the coastal waters of the State that are subject to oceanic processes (including beaches, dunes, headlands and rock platforms),
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> > (f) any other place or thing declared by the regulations to be the marine estate,
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> but does not include any place or thing declared by the regulations not to be the marine estate.