SCHEDULE 1Amendments of Part 1 of the CROW Act

PART 3Exclusion or restriction of access

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In section 25 of that Act (avoidance or risk of fire or of danger to the public)—

a

after subsection (1) insert—

1A

Subsection (1)(a) does not apply in relation to land which is coastal margin if it is—

a

land over which the line of an approved section of the English coastal route, an official alternative route or a temporary route passes, or

b

land which is adjacent to and within 2 metres either side of such a line.

b

in subsection (2), after paragraph (b) add—

, and

c

in the case of a direction relating to land which is coastal margin, a period which is to be determined by a specified person in accordance with the direction and, where the direction so requires, notified to the relevant authority by the specified person in accordance with the direction.

c

after subsection (5) add—

6

Nothing in subsection (4) or (5) applies in relation to land which is coastal margin.

7

In this section—

  • “approved section of the English coastal route” means a route (other than an official alternative route) in relevant approved proposals (within the meaning of section 3A);

  • “official alternative route” has the meaning given by section 55J of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 194919;

  • “temporary route” means a route for the time being having effect by virtue of a direction under section 55I of that Act20