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| (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no person shall engage in any development activity other than a prescribed development activity within the Coastal Zone except under the authority of a permit issued in that behalf by the Director. |
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| (2) The Minister may, having regard to the effect of those development activities on the long term stability, productivity and environmental quality of the Coastal Zone, prescribe the categories of development activity which may be engaged in within the Coastal Zone without a permit issued under subsection (1). |
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| (3) An application for a permit to engage in any development activity within the Coastal Zone shall be made to the Director in the prescribed manner. Every such application shall be in the prescribed form, shall contain the prescribed particulars and be accompanied by the prescribed fee. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts