Coast Protection Act 1949

PART II Interim Orders

11 Where it appears to a coast protection authority that by reason of emergency it is urgently necessary for the protection of any land that an order should be made applying the provisions of section eighteen of this Act to any portion of the seashore in their area or lying to seaward therefrom, the authority may make an interim order applying those provisions accordingly.

12 As soon as may be after the making of an interim order under the last foregoing paragraph the authority shall in two successive weeks publish in the London Gazette and in one or more local newspapers circulating in the locality a notice stating that the order has been made, and naming a place where a copy thereof may be inspected at all reasonable hours, and shall serve a like notice on any catchment board, external drainage board, conservancy authority, harbour authority, navigation authority or river board whose area comprises land to which the interim order relates.

13 Any person who objects to an interim order may serve notice of objection on the Minister and on the authority by whom the order was made; and the Minister, after holding a local inquiry or affording to the objector and the authority and any other persons appearing to him to be concerned an opportunity of being heard by a person appointed by him for the purpose, may, if he thinks fit, revoke the order.

14 Subject to the last foregoing paragraph an interim order shall remain in force until the expiration of a period of six months after the making thereof and no longer:

Provided that if before the expiration of that period an order under section eighteen of this Act is made and confirmed in accordance with Part I of this Schedule with respect to the portion of the seashore to which the interim order applies, the interim order shall cease to have effect on the coming into operation of that order.

15 The provisions of paragraph 10 of this Schedule, other than the proviso to that paragraph, shall apply to an interim order as they apply to an order made in accordance with Part I of this Schedule, with the substitution of a reference to the date of the first publication of the notice under paragraph 12 of this Schedule for the reference to the date of publication of the notice of the confirmation of the order.