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Table of Contents 

Preface
1 INTRODUCTION
2 BACKGROUND
2.1 LEGISLATION
Common Law and Access to the Foreshore 
The Beach Control Act and the Prescription Act
The Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) Act
Other Related Legislation
2.2 POLICIES 1950s - to the Present
Priorities
Acquisition and Management of Beaches
Licensing
Public Access
3 STATUS OF BEACHES
4 ISSUES
4.1 Public Access to Beaches
4.2 Licences
4.3 Safety
4.4 Facilities at Public Bathing Beaches
4.5 Maintenance and Management of Beaches
4.6 Coastal Development
4.7 Pollution and Water Quality Issues
Oil Pollution
Sewage Pollution
Solid Waste Disposal
4.8 Beach Erosion
4.9 Mariculture
4.10 Fishing Beaches
4.11 Wildlife Protection 
5 REVISED POLICIES 
5.1 Management of the Foreshore
5.2 Public Access to Bathing Beaches and the Foreshore
5.3 Management of Public Bathing Beaches and Beach Facilities
5.4 Safety and Coastal Water Quality
5.5 Pollution/Management of Solid Waste
5.6 Licences
5.7 Cost Recovery
5.8 Beach Acquisition
5.9 Fishing Beaches
5.10 Preservation of the Rights of Fishermen
5.11 Mariculture
5.12 Leasing of Coastal Lands and Cays
5.13 Coastal Development
5.14 Erosion
5.15 Role of Community-based Organisations
5.16 Protection of Wildlife
6 IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW PROCESS
Attachments
Appendix I Basic Conditions of Licences under the Beach Control Act granted by the NRCA
Map 1 Public Bathing Beaches
Map 2 Hotel Bathing Beaches
Map 3 Fishing Beaches

 

  
 

 

  
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