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Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

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In this Part—

  • the 1949 Act” has the meaning given by section 296(8);

  • access authority”, in relation to any land, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the CROW Act;

  • the coastal access duty” has the meaning given by section 296(4);

  • coastal margin” means land which is coastal margin for the purposes of Part 1 of the CROW Act (including any land treated as coastal margin by virtue of section 16 of that Act);

  • the CROW Act” has the meaning given by section 296(8);

  • the English coast” has the meaning given by section 300;

  • the English coastal route” has the meaning given by section 296(3);

  • estuarial waters” means any waters within the limits of transitional waters, within the meaning of the Water Framework Directive (that is to say, Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy);

  • functions” includes powers and duties;

  • long-distance route” means a route provided for in approved proposals relating to a long-distance route within the meaning of section 52(3) of the 1949 Act (as read with section 55(4) of that Act);

  • “the sea”, subject to section 301, does not include any part of a river which is upstream of the seaward limit of the river's estuarial waters.

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