(1) The functions of the Authority are—
(a) to conserve the natural beauty and topographic features of Saint Lucia;
(b) to remove derelict objects from a beach or a protected area;
(c) to control, maintain or develop a beach or protected area or a public access to a beach or protected area;
(d) to provide, as it thinks fit, a lifeguard service on a beach in Saint Lucia;
(e) to secure sanitary conditions on a beach or protected area;
(f) to maintain or assist in maintaining beach facilities;
(g) to advise the Minister on—
(i) the construction of beach and ancillary recreational facilities,
(ii) the control of the construction in any protected area or on any beach, of huts, booths, tents, sheds, stands, stalls, bath houses, shops or other structures (whether movable or immovable),
(iii) the removal of anything from the ocean bed which is likely to cause encroachment of the sea, and
(iv) the protection of the coastline of Saint Lucia from erosion or encroachment by the sea;
(h) to beautify a public place and a protected area with fauna and flora;
(i) to advise the Minister on an area to be declared as a protected area under section 3;
(j) to enter into written agreement with owners or occupiers of land for the right of access to a protected area.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the Authority may, upon request being made to it in writing, clean, maintain or develop land—
(a) in the possession of any person; or
(b) comprising a cemetery or other burial place of a church.
(3) Where work is done by the Authority on land referred to in subsection (2), the Authority may, subject to regulations made under section 37, charge a fee for the work done.
(4) Where an application is made under subsection (2) to the Authority, the Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, waive all or part of a fee payable to it under subsection (3).