sec.2Purpose of Act

### sec.2 Purpose of Act The purpose of this Act is to provide for the protection of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area through managing port-related development in and adjacent to the area. The purpose is achieved by— prohibiting particular future development in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area; and providing for the development of master plans that establish a long-term vision for the future development of priority ports consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development; and implementing master plans through port overlays that regulate development in and surrounding priority ports. Also, the purpose is to be achieved in a way that includes the following— long-term planning for priority ports to provide a strategic and coordinated approach to managing economic, environmental, cultural and social values in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area; concentrating port development in priority ports; recognising the diverse functions of the port network, including trade, tourism and defence operations; efficiently using port and supply chain infrastructure; expanding port and supply chain capacity in a staged and incremental way to meet emerging demand for imports and exports; identifying and protecting land and infrastructure critical to the effective operation of the port network. (sec.2-ssec.1) The purpose of this Act is to provide for the protection of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area through managing port-related development in and adjacent to the area. (sec.2-ssec.2) The purpose is achieved by— prohibiting particular future development in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area; and providing for the development of master plans that establish a long-term vision for the future development of priority ports consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development; and implementing master plans through port overlays that regulate development in and surrounding priority ports. (sec.2-ssec.3) Also, the purpose is to be achieved in a way that includes the following— long-term planning for priority ports to provide a strategic and coordinated approach to managing economic, environmental, cultural and social values in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area; concentrating port development in priority ports; recognising the diverse functions of the port network, including trade, tourism and defence operations; efficiently using port and supply chain infrastructure; expanding port and supply chain capacity in a staged and incremental way to meet emerging demand for imports and exports; identifying and protecting land and infrastructure critical to the effective operation of the port network. - (a) prohibiting particular future development in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area; and - (b) providing for the development of master plans that establish a long-term vision for the future development of priority ports consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development; and - (c) implementing master plans through port overlays that regulate development in and surrounding priority ports. - (a) long-term planning for priority ports to provide a strategic and coordinated approach to managing economic, environmental, cultural and social values in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area; - (b) concentrating port development in priority ports; - (c) recognising the diverse functions of the port network, including trade, tourism and defence operations; - (d) efficiently using port and supply chain infrastructure; - (e) expanding port and supply chain capacity in a staged and incremental way to meet emerging demand for imports and exports; - (f) identifying and protecting land and infrastructure critical to the effective operation of the port network.