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Point in time view as at 10/08/2016.
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Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Section 309 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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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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