Coastal Development Authority Act, 2017 (No. 961).

This Act provides for the establishment of the Coastal Development Authority, in order to provide a framework for the accelerated economic and social development of the Coastal Development Zone. The Authority may acquire and hold movable and immovable property, dispose of property and enter into any contract or any other transaction relating to the object of the Authority. Where there is a hindrance to the acquisition of property, the property may be acquired for the Authority under the State Lands Act, 1962 (Act 125) and the cost shall be borne by the Authority.
It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Authority, entitled to perform the following activities: a) accelerate economic and social development in the Coastal Development Zone through strategic direction in the planning and prioritisation of development projects; (b) mobilise public resources including financial resources and private and public investments for the accelerated economic and social development of the Coastal Development Zone; (c) co-ordinate development activities in the Coastal Development Zone with the aim of ensuring that: (i) public resources are effectively used; and (ii) private sector investments achieve maximum development impacts to reduce poverty and deprivation in every part of the Zone; and (d) formulate and implement initiatives towards achieving gender equality and empowerment of vulnerable groups in the Coastal Development Zone.