Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

Extension of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the CROW Act E+W

1 (1) Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the CROW Act (means of access) applies in relation to section 15 route land as it applies in relation to access land. E+W

(2) Functions conferred by that Chapter which are exercisable in relation to any land by the access authority in relation to the land (including those exercisable by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)) are also exercisable in relation to the land by Natural England for the purposes of the coastal access duty.

(3) In this paragraph—

• “access land” has the same meaning as in Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the CROW Act;

• “section 15 route land” means land—

  (a)

  over which the English coastal route (or any part of it) passes, and

  (b)

  which, for the purposes of section 1(1) of the CROW Act, is treated by section 15(1) of that Act as being accessible to the public apart from that Act.