The coastal protection zone is established for enabling the use of land that is adjacent to coastal public property or that plays a significant role in a coastal ecosystem to be managed, regulated or restricted in order to—
| (a) | protect the ecological integrity, natural character and the economic, social and aesthetic value of coastal public property; |
| (b) | avoid increasing the effect or severity of natural hazards in the coastal zone; |
| (c) | protect people, property and economic activities from risks arising from dynamic coastal processes, including the risk of sea-level rise; |
| (e) | maintain the productive capacity of the coastal zone by protecting the ecological integrity of the coastal environment; and |
| (f) | make land near the seashore available to organs of state and other authorised persons for— |
| (i) | performing rescue operations; or |
| (ii) | temporarily depositing objects and materials washed up by coastal waters. |
[Paragraph (f)(ii) substituted by section 13 of Act No. 36 of 2014]
