Foreshore Development Act (Cap. 90).

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This Act concerns the protection and development of the foreshore, e.g. the land below mean high water mark and the bed of the sea within the territorial waters of Vanuatu (including the ports and harbours thereof) and including land below mean high water mark in any lagoon having direct access to the open sea. No person shall undertake or cause or permit to be undertaken any development on the foreshore of the coast of any island in Vanuatu without having first obtained the written consent to such development of the Minister responsible for town and country planning. Any person who shall undertake or cause or permit to be undertaken development for which the consent of the Minister is required by the provisions of this Act in any case where such consent has not been obtained, or has lapsed, or has imposed conditions which have not been complied with shall commit an offence.

Amended by: Foreshore Development (Amendment) Act 2013 (No. 17 of 2013). (2013-10-14)

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