Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1970/1681

Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1889 (c. 63), s. 38(1)

1974 c. 7.

1966 c. 51.

S. 42 repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30 and Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29

S. 43 Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 35 (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions), 38 (increase of fines) and 46 (substitution of references to levels on the standard scale) apply (E.W.)

S. 43 S.I. 1984/703 (N.I.3), arts. 5 (substitution of references to levels on the standard scale) 6 (increase of fines) and 9 (in relation to liability on first and subsequent convictions) apply (N.I.)

S. 43 for “ten pounds” and “fifty pounds” there is substituted (S.) in each case “level 3 on the standard scale” by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289E–289G

S. 44(2) applied (E.W.) (2.2.1991) by S.I. 1991/205, art. 3(2)

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a seperate version has been created for Scotland only.

Words in s. 45(1)(b) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(5), Sch. 11 Pt. III para. 5(5); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.1

Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 138(2)(e)

Words substituted by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 11(6), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58

1946 c. 49.

1947 c. 42.

This version of this provision extends to Scotland and Northern Ireland only: a seperate version has been created for England and Wales only.

Words in s. 45(1)(b) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(5), Sch. 11 Pt. III para. 5(5); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.1

Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), s. 138(2)(e)

Words in s. 45(1)(b) substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13, para. 32(5); S.I. 1996/323, art.4(1)(c)

1946 c. 49.

1947 c. 42.

S. 46 extended by Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29), s. 4

Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1970/1681

Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1889 (c. 63), s. 38(1)

1972 c. 70.

1972 c. 70.

Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65). s. 138(2)(f)

1973 c. 65.

1936 c. 52.

1945 c. 18 (9 & 10 Geo. 6).

Words substituted by virtue of Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15), s. 3(2)

1865 c. 125.

S. 47(b) substituted by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), ss. 2, 109, 110(2), Sch. 4 para. 27

S. 47(c) substituted (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 11(7), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58

Words substituted by virtue of Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38), Sch. 3 para. 4

Words substituted by virtue of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c. 46, SIF 3), s. 64(2), Sch. 4 para. 2

S. 48, Sch. 3 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (c. 5)

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; separate versions have been created for Scotland only and for Northern Ireland only.

Definitions in s. 49(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130), ss. 2(1), 4(2), Sch. 1, para. 6

S. 49: Words in definition substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(2), 316(2), Sch. 13 para. 25

1923 c. 16.

Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1889 (c. 63), s. 38(1)

1966 c. 38.

Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1970/1681

Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

S. 49: Words in definition inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(5), Sch. 11 Pt. III para. 5(6); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch.1

Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1951/142, 1900 (1951 I, pp. 1348, 1347), (W.) 1965/319 and (E.) 1970/1681

S. 49(1) definition of “nautical miles” inserted by Territorial Sea Act 1987 (c. 49, SIF 29:1), s. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)

Definition of “river board” repealed by Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38), Sch. 14 Pt. I

S. 49(1) in the definitions of “sea” and “seashore” words substituted (E.W.S.) by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 36(7)(a), Sch. 8 para. 1

1857 c. cxlviii.

S. 49(2A) inserted (E.W.S.) by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 36(7)(b), Sch. 8 para. 1

Words repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29

Definition of “maritime burgh or county” repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29

This version of this provision extends to Scotland only; separate versions have been created for England and Wales only and for Northern Ireland only.

1930 c. 44.

S. 49(1): Words in definition substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(2), 316(2), Sch. 13 para. 25

1923 c. 16.

Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1889 (c. 63), s. 38(1)

1966 c. 38.

Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1970/1681

Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

S.49(1): Words in definition inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(5), Sch. 11 Pt. III, para. 5(6); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3 Sch.1

Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1951/142, 1900 (1951 I, pp. 1348, 1347), (W.) 1965/319 and (E.) 1970/1681

S. 49(1) definition of “nautical miles” inserted by Territorial Sea Act 1987 (c. 49, SIF 29:1), s. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)

Definition of “river board” repealed by Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38), Sch. 14 Pt. I

S. 49(1) in the definitions of “sea” and “seashore” words substituted (E.W.S.) by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 36(7)(a), Sch. 8 para. 1

1857 c. cxlviii.

S. 49(2A) inserted (E.W.S.) by Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111), s. 36(7)(b), Sch. 8 para. 1

Words repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29

Definition of “maritime burgh or county” repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29

S. 49(4) definitions inserted (S.) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 38(5)

This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; separate versions have been created for England and Wales only and for Scotland only.

1930 c. 44.

Words in s. 49(1) substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(2), 316, Sch. 13 para. 25

1923 c. 16.

Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1889 (c. 63), s. 38(1)

1966 c. 38.

Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1970/1681

Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30

Words in s. 49 inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(5), Sch. 11 Pt. III para. 5(6); S.I. 1996/396, art.3, Sch.

Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1951/142, 1900 (1951 I, pp. 1348, 1347), (W.) 1965/319 and (E.) 1970/1681

S. 49(1) definition of “nautical miles” inserted by Territorial Sea Act 1987 (c. 49, SIF 29:1), s. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 1(2)

Definition of “river board” repealed by Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38), Sch. 14 Pt. I

1857 c. cxlviii.

Words repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29

Definition of “maritime burgh or county” repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29

Words in s. 47(b) substituted (25.7.2003 for specified purposes, 29.12.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 17 para. 19 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Schs. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3)); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 11)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/74/part/IV/2003-08-01Coast Protection Act 1949An Act to amend the law relating to the protection of the coast of Great Britain against erosion and encroachment by the sea; to provide for the restriction and removal of works detrimental to navigation; to transfer the management of Crown foreshore from the Minister of Transport to the Commissioners of Crown Lands; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.1978-01-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-18Expert Participation2003-08-01Part IV Supplementary
41 Expenses.1

Save as expressly provided in this Act, any expenses incurred by the Minister or by the Secretary of State or any other Minister or government department under this Act shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.

2

Any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of moneys provided by Parliament under Part I of the Local Government Act 1974 or Part I of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966, shall be defrayed out of moneys so provided.

42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

43 Penalties for offences.

Save as hereinbefore expressly provided, any person committing an offence under any provision of this Act shall be liable on summary conviction, in the case of a first offence under that provision, to a fine not exceeding ten poundslevel 3 on the standard scale and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence thereunder, to a fine not exceeding fifty poundslevel 3 on the standard scale.

44 Regulations and orders.1

Any power conferred on the Minister by this Act to make regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument; and every such instrument shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

2

Any power conferred by this Act on the Minister or on Ministers or on a coast protection authority to make an order or give any directions shall include a power, exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions, to revoke or vary the order or directions.

45 Service of notices and other documents.1

Any notice or other document which is required or authorised by or under this Act to be served on any person may be served either—

a

by delivering it to that person, or leaving it or sending it in a prepaid letter to him at his usual or last-known address; or

b

in the case of the council of a county, county borough, . . . district or in Scotland the council of a region, islands area or district, or an incorporated company or body, including the National Rivers Authority and an internal drainage board, or a coast protection board, fishery board, local fisheries committee, conservancy authority, highway authority, navigation authority, harbour authority or sea defence commissioners, not being an incorporated body, by delivering it to their clerk or secretary at their registered or principal office, or by sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him at that office; or

c

in the case of a notice or document to be served on any person as having any interest in land, if it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain his name and address, by addressing it to him by the description of the person having that interest in the land (naming it), and delivering it to some responsible person on the land or affixing it, or a copy of it, to some conspicuous object on the land.

2

The provisions of this section shall not apply to the service of any notice required or authorised to be served under the First Schedule to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, or the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947, as applied by or under this Act to the compulsory purchase of land by a coast protection authority or to the creation of such rights as are mentioned in section twenty-seven of this Act.

45 Service of notices and other documents.1

Any notice or other document which is required or authorised by or under this Act to be served on any person may be served either—

a

by delivering it to that person, or leaving it or sending it in a prepaid letter to him at his usual or last-known address; or

b

in the case of the council of a county, county borough, . . . district or in Scotland a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, or an incorporated company or body,or a coast protection board, river board or other drainage authority, fishery board, local fisheries committee, conservancy authority, highway authority, navigation authority, harbour authority or sea defence commissioners, not being an incorporated body, by delivering it to their clerk or secretary at their registered or principal office, or by sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him at that office; or

c

in the case of a notice or document to be served on any person as having any interest in land, if it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain his name and address, by addressing it to him by the description of the person having that interest in the land (naming it), and delivering it to some responsible person on the land or affixing it, or a copy of it, to some conspicuous object on the land.

2

The provisions of this section shall not apply to the service of any notice required or authorised to be served under the First Schedule to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, or the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947, as applied by or under this Act to the compulsory purchase of land by a coast protection authority or to the creation of such rights as are mentioned in section twenty-seven of this Act.

46 Local inquiries. 1

The Minister or the Secretary of State may cause a local inquiry to be held in any case where it appears to him to be advisable to do so in connection with any matter arising under this Act.

2

Notice of any such inquiry shall be given in such manner as the Minister, or the Secretary of State, as the case may be, may direct, and all persons interested shall be permitted to attend the inquiry and to be heard thereat.

3

The provisions of subsections (2) to (5) of section two hundred and fifty of the Local Government Act 1972 (which relate to evidence at local inquiries and to defraying the costs thereof) shall apply to all inquiries held under this Act:

Provided that subsection (4) of that section (which requires the Minister’s costs of such an inquiry to be defrayed by the parties thereto) shall not apply in relation to any inquiry unless it is so directed by the Minister or Ministers at whose instance the inquiry is held.

4

In the application of this section to Scotland, there shall be substituted for any reference to subsections (2) to (5) of section two hundred and fifty of the Local Government Act 1972, a reference to subsection (2) and subsections (4) to (8) of section 210 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and the proviso to subsection (3) of this section shall be omitted.

5

Any inquiry in relation to an order under this Act affecting Scotland only, and which becomes in certain circumstances subject to special parliamentary procedure, shall, if the Minister or the Secretary of State so directs, be held by Commissioners under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936, and where any direction is so given—

a

it shall be deemed to have been given under section two, as read with section ten, of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945;

b

if publication of notice in accordance with paragraph 1 of the First Schedule to this Act or paragraph 1 of the Second Schedule thereto, as the case may be, has been made, the provisions of subsection (1) of the aforesaid section two with regard to advertisement of notice shall be deemed to have been complied with; and

c

the provisions of subsection (3) of this section shall not apply to such inquiry.

47 Savings.

Nothing in this Act or in any order made thereunder shall—

a

affect the powers conferred on the Secretary of State under the Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865;

b

affect any right conferred by or in accordance with the electronic communications code on the operator of an electronic communications code network or any duty of any such operator under that code;

c

authorise or require any person—

i

to carry out any work of alteration, improvement, repair, maintenance, demolition or removal on any works constructed or maintainable by a river authority or other drainage authority, or

ii

to carry out any work on land on which the sowing or planting of vegetation is carried out or vegetation is maintained by a river authority or other drainage authority,

unless the river authority or other authority consents or the work is to be done by, or under a scheme prepared by, a coast protection board on which the river authority or other authority is represented and is to be carried out in the area of that coast protection board;

c

authorise or require any person—

i

to carry out any work of alteration, improvement, repair, maintenance, demolition or removal on any works constructed or maintainable by the National Rivers Authority or an internal drainage board, or

ii

to carry out any work on land on which the sowing or planting of vegetation is carried out or vegetation is maintained by the National Rivers Authority or an internal drainage board,

unless the National Rivers Authority or the internal drainage board consents or the work is done by, or under a scheme prepared by, a coast protection board on which the National Rivers Authority or the internal drainage board is represented and is to be carried out in the area of that coast protection board;

d

authorise or require any person to carry out any work or do anything in contravention of the the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979; or

e

authorise or require any person to carry out any work of alteration, improvement, repair, maintenance, demolition or removal on any works constructed for the drainage of agricultural land in Scotland, unless the Secretary of State consents.

48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

49 Interpretation.1

In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

drainage authority” means the National Rivers Authority or an internal drainage board;

coast protection authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section one of this Act;

coast protection charge” has the meaning assigned to it by section six of this Act;

coast protection work” means any work of construction, alteration, improvement, repair, maintenance, demolition or removal for the purpose of the protection of any land, and includes the sowing or planting of vegetation for the said purpose;

conservancy authority” and “harbour authority” have the same meanings as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

constituent authority,” in relation to a coast protection board, means a body or person represented on the board by virtue of an order made under section two of this Act;

fishery board” means any such fishery board as is referred to in section forty-four of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923, and includes the Tweed Commissioners;

functions” includes powers and duties;

land” includes land covered by water;

local Act” includes a provisional order confirmed by Parliament and also includes any enactment in a public general Act, being an enactment which amends a local Act;

local fisheries committee” means a committee constituted under the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966;

local highway authority” means a highway authority other than the Secretary of State;

maritime . . . district” means a . . . district or Welsh county or county borough any part of which adjoins the sea;

materials” includes minerals and turf, but does not include seaweed;

minerals” includes coal and stone and any metallic or other mineral substance;

Minister” means the Secretary of State;

mortgage” includes any charge or lien for securing money or money’s worth, and “mortgagee” shall be construed accordingly;

nautical miles”means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres;

navigation authority” means any person or body of persons having powers under any enactment or statutory order to work or maintain a canal or other inland navigation, including a navigation in tidal water;

owner” in relation to any land means the person for the time being receiving the rackrent thereof, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person, or who would so receive that rent if the land were let at a rackrent;

protection” means protection against erosion or encroachment by the sea;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (2A) of this sectionsea” includes the waters of any channel, creek, bay or estuary and of any river so far up that river as the tide flows;

sea defence commissioners” means a body established by or under a local Act wholly or mainly for the purpose of carrying out coast protection work;

subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (2A) of this sectionseashore” means the bed and shore of the sea, and of every channel, creek, bay or estuary, and of every river as far up that river as the tide flows, and any cliff, bank, barrier, dune, beach, flat or other land adjacent to the shore;

surface,” in relation to land covered by water, means the surface of the land;

Tweed Commissioners” means the Commissioners appointed under the Tweed Fisheries Act 1857;

works scheme” has the meaning assigned to it by section six of this Act.

2

For the purposes of Part I of this Act the expression “sea” shall not include any of the waters specified in the Fourth Schedule to this Act and the expression “seashore” shall not include the bed or shore of any of those waters.

2A

For the purposes of Part II of this Act the expression “sea”includes any part of the sea within the seaward limits of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom, and the expression “seashore” shall be construed accordingly.

3

References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act.

4

In the application of this section to Scotland, for the definitions of the expressions “fishery board”, . . . , “Minister” and “owner” there shall be substituted respectively the following definitions:—

’fishery board’ means the district board for a fishery district within the meaning of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862, and includes the Tweed Commissioners

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

’Minister’ means the Secretary of State

; and “ ’owner’ includes in relation to any land any person who under the Lands Clauses Acts would be enabled to sell and convey the land to the promoters of an undertaking ”;

and after the definition of the expression “functions” there shall be inserted the following definition:— “ ’heritable security’ has the same meaning as in the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924, and includes a security constituted by ex facie absolute disposition, but does not include a security by way of ground annual or a real burden ad factum praestandum ”

49 Interpretation.1

In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

catchment board” and “drainage authority” have the same meanings as in the Land Drainage Act 1930;

coast protection authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section one of this Act;

coast protection charge” has the meaning assigned to it by section six of this Act;

coast protection work” means any work of construction, alteration, improvement, repair, maintenance, demolition or removal for the purpose of the protection of any land, and includes the sowing or planting of vegetation for the said purpose;

conservancy authority” and “harbour authority” have the same meanings as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

constituent authority,” in relation to a coast protection board, means a body or person represented on the board by virtue of an order made under section two of this Act;

fishery board” means any such fishery board as is referred to in section forty-four of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923, and includes the Tweed Commissioners;

functions” includes powers and duties;

land” includes land covered by water;

local Act” includes a provisional order confirmed by Parliament and also includes any enactment in a public general Act, being an enactment which amends a local Act;

local fisheries committee” means a committee constituted under the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966;

local highway authority” means a highway authority other than the Secretary of State;

maritime . . . district” means a . . . district or Welsh county or county borough any part of which adjoins the sea;

materials” includes minerals and turf, but does not include seaweed;

minerals” includes coal and stone and any metallic or other mineral substance;

Minister” means the Secretary of State;

mortgage” includes any charge or lien for securing money or money’s worth, and “mortgagee” shall be construed accordingly;

nautical miles”means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres;

navigation authority” means any person or body of persons having powers under any enactment or statutory order to work or maintain a canal or other inland navigation, including a navigation in tidal water;

owner” in relation to any land means the person for the time being receiving the rackrent thereof, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person, or who would so receive that rent if the land were let at a rackrent;

protection” means protection against erosion or encroachment by the sea;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (2A) of this sectionsea” includes the waters of any channel, creek, bay or estuary and of any river so far up that river as the tide flows;

sea defence commissioners” means a body established by or under a local Act wholly or mainly for the purpose of carrying out coast protection work;

subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (2A) of this sectionseashore” means the bed and shore of the sea, and of every channel, creek, bay or estuary, and of every river as far up that river as the tide flows, and any cliff, bank, barrier, dune, beach, flat or other land adjacent to the shore;

surface,” in relation to land covered by water, means the surface of the land;

Tweed Commissioners” means the Commissioners appointed under the Tweed Fisheries Act 1857;

works scheme” has the meaning assigned to it by section six of this Act.

2

For the purposes of Part I of this Act the expression “sea” shall not include any of the waters specified in the Fourth Schedule to this Act and the expression “seashore” shall not include the bed or shore of any of those waters.

2A

For the purposes of Part II of this Act the expression “sea”includes any part of the sea within the seaward limits of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom, and the expression “seashore” shall be construed accordingly.

3

References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act.

4

In the application of this section to Scotland, for the definitions of the expressions “fishery board”, . . . , “Minister” and “owner” there shall be substituted respectively the following definitions:—

’fishery board’ means the district board for a fishery district within the meaning of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862, and includes the Tweed Commissioners

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

’Minister’ means the Secretary of State

; and “ ’owner’ includes in relation to any land any person who under the Lands Clauses Acts would be enabled to sell and convey the land to the promoters of an undertaking ”;

and after the definition of the expression “functions” there shall be inserted the following definition:— “ ’heritable security’ has the same meaning as in the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924, and includes a security constituted by ex facie absolute disposition, but does not include a security by way of ground annual or a real burden ad factum praestandum ”

and the following definitions shall be inserted in the alphabetically appropriate place—

local roads authority” has the meaning given to it by section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

road”has the meaning given to it by section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

49 Interpretation.1

In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—

catchment board” and “drainage authority” have the same meanings as in the Land Drainage Act 1930;

coast protection authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section one of this Act;

coast protection charge” has the meaning assigned to it by section six of this Act;

coast protection work” means any work of construction, alteration, improvement, repair, maintenance, demolition or removal for the purpose of the protection of any land, and includes the sowing or planting of vegetation for the said purpose;

conservancy authority” and “harbour authority” have the same meanings as in the Merchant Shipping Act 1995;

constituent authority,” in relation to a coast protection board, means a body or person represented on the board by virtue of an order made under section two of this Act;

fishery board” means any such fishery board as is referred to in section forty-four of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923, and includes the Tweed Commissioners;

functions” includes powers and duties;

land” includes land covered by water;

local Act” includes a provisional order confirmed by Parliament and also includes any enactment in a public general Act, being an enactment which amends a local Act;

local fisheries committee” means a committee constituted under the Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966;

local highway authority” means a highway authority other than the Secretary of State;

maritime . . . district” means a . . . district or Welsh county or county boroughany part of which adjoins the sea;

materials” includes minerals and turf, but does not include seaweed;

minerals” includes coal and stone and any metallic or other mineral substance;

Minister” means the Secretary of State;

mortgage” includes any charge or lien for securing money or money’s worth, and “mortgagee” shall be construed accordingly;

nautical miles”means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres;

navigation authority” means any person or body of persons having powers under any enactment or statutory order to work or maintain a canal or other inland navigation, including a navigation in tidal water;

owner” in relation to any land means the person for the time being receiving the rackrent thereof, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person, or who would so receive that rent if the land were let at a rackrent;

protection” means protection against erosion or encroachment by the sea;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

subject to the provisions of the next following subsection “sea” includes the waters of any channel, creek, bay or estuary and of any river so far up that river as the tide flows;

sea defence commissioners” means a body established by or under a local Act wholly or mainly for the purpose of carrying out coast protection work;

subject to the provisions of the next following subsection “seashore” means the bed and shore of the sea, and of every channel, creek, bay or estuary, and of every river as far up that river as the tide flows, and any cliff, bank, barrier, dune, beach, flat or other land adjacent to the shore;

surface,” in relation to land covered by water, means the surface of the land;

Tweed Commissioners” means the Commissioners appointed under the Tweed Fisheries Act 1857;

works scheme” has the meaning assigned to it by section six of this Act.

2

For the purposes of Part I of this Act the expression “sea” shall not include any of the waters specified in the Fourth Schedule to this Act and the expression “seashore” shall not include the bed or shore of any of those waters.

3

References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act.

4

In the application of this section to Scotland, for the definitions of the expressions “fishery board”, . . . , “Minister” and “owner” there shall be substituted respectively the following definitions:—

’fishery board’ means the district board for a fishery district within the meaning of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1862, and includes the Tweed Commissioners

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

’Minister’ means the Secretary of State

; and “ ’owner’ includes in relation to any land any person who under the Lands Clauses Acts would be enabled to sell and convey the land to the promoters of an undertaking ”;

and after the definition of the expression “functions” there shall be inserted the following definition:— “ ’heritable security’ has the same meaning as in the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924, and includes a security constituted by ex facie absolute disposition, but does not include a security by way of ground annual or a real burden ad factum praestandum ”

50 Short title and extent.1

This Act may be cited as the Coast Protection Act 1949.

2

Parts I and II of this Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.

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Words substituted by virtue of
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.
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.
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c6293711">
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S. 42 repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70">Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)</ref>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/30">Sch. 30</ref>
and
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65/schedule/29">Sch. 29</ref>
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,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1982/48/section/35">ss. 35</ref>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/205">S.I. 1991/205</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/205/article/3/2">art. 3(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary E" eId="c6293851">
<p>This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a seperate version has been created for Scotland only.</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6293861">
<p>
Words in s. 45(1)(b) inserted (1.4.1996) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19">1994 c. 19</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/section/22/5">s. 22(5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/11/part/III/paragraph/5/5">Sch. 11 Pt. III para. 5(5)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396">S.I. 1996/396</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396/schedule/1">Sch.1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6293871">
<p>
Words repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70">Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/30">Sch. 30</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6293881">
<p>
Words substituted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65/section/138/2/e">s. 138(2)(e)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6293891">
<p>
Words substituted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15">Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/58/7">ss. 58(7)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/101/1">101(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/141/6">141(6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/160/1/2/4">160(1)(2)(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/163">163</ref>
,
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/189/4" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/189/10">189(4)–(10)</rref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/190">190</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/193/1">193(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/25/paragraph/11/6">Sch. 25 para. 11(6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/26/paragraph/3/1/2">Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/26/paragraph/17">17</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/26/paragraph/40/4">40(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/26/paragraph/57/6">57(6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/26/paragraph/58">58</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6293901">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1946/49">1946 c. 49</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6293911">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1947/42">1947 c. 42</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary E" eId="c6293921">
<p>This version of this provision extends to Scotland and Northern Ireland only: a seperate version has been created for England and Wales only.</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6293931">
<p>
Words in s. 45(1)(b) inserted (1.4.1996) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19">1994 c. 19</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/section/22/5">s. 22(5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/11/part/III/paragraph/5/5">Sch. 11 Pt. III para. 5(5)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396">S.I. 1996/396</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396/schedule/1">Sch.1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6293941">
<p>
Words repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70">Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/30">Sch. 30</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6293951">
<p>
Words substituted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65/section/138/2/e">s. 138(2)(e)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6293961">
<p>
Words in s. 45(1)(b) substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/39">1994 c. 39</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/39/section/180/1">s. 180(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/39/schedule/13">Sch. 13</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/39/paragraph/32/5">para. 32(5)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/323">S.I. 1996/323</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/323/article/4/1/c">art.4(1)(c)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6293971">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1946/49">1946 c. 49</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6293981">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1947/42">1947 c. 42</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c6293991">
<p>
S. 46 extended by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/29">Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/29/section/4">s. 4</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6294001">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1970/1681">S.I. 1970/1681</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6294021">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1889/63">Interpretation Act 1889 (c. 63)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1889/63/section/38/1">s. 38(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6294031">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70">1972 c. 70</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6294051">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70">1972 c. 70</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6294061">
<p>
Words substituted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)</ref>
. s. 138(2)(f)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6294071">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65">1973 c. 65</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6294091">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1936/52">1936 c. 52</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6294101">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/Geo6/9-10/18">1945 c. 18 (9 & 10 Geo. 6)</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6294111">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/15">Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1964/15/section/3/2">s. 3(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6294121">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1865/125">1865 c. 125</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6294131">
<p>
S. 47(
<em>b</em>
) substituted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12">Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/section/2">ss. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/section/109">109</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/section/110/2">110(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/schedule/4/paragraph/27">Sch. 4 para. 27</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6294141">
<p>
S. 47(
<em>c</em>
) substituted (E.W.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15">Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/58/7">ss. 58(7)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/101/1">101(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/141/6">141(6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/160/1/2/4">160(1)(2)(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/163">163</ref>
,
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/189/4" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/189/10">189(4)–(10)</rref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/190">190</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/193/1">193(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/25/paragraph/11/7">Sch. 25 para. 11(7)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/26/paragraph/3/1/2">Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/26/paragraph/17">17</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/26/paragraph/40/4">40(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/26/paragraph/57/6">57(6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/26/paragraph/58">58</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6294151">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1963/38">Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1963/38/schedule/3/paragraph/4">Sch. 3 para. 4</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6294201">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/46">Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c. 46, SIF 3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/46/section/64/2">s. 64(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1979/46/schedule/4/paragraph/2">Sch. 4 para. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6294211">
<p>
S. 48, Sch. 3 repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1953/5">Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (c. 5)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary E" eId="c6295461">
<p>This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; separate versions have been created for Scotland only and for Northern Ireland only.</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295471">
<p>
Definitions in s. 49(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.12.1991) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/60">Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60, SIF 130)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/60/section/2/1">ss. 2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/60/section/4/2">4(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/60/schedule/1">Sch. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/60/paragraph/6">para. 6</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295481">
<p>
S. 49: Words in definition substituted (1.1.1996) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21">1995 c. 21</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/314/2">ss. 314(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/316/2">316(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/schedule/13/paragraph/25">Sch. 13 para. 25</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6295491">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1923/16">1923 c. 16</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295501">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1889/63">Interpretation Act 1889 (c. 63)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1889/63/section/38/1">s. 38(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6295511">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1966/38">1966 c. 38</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295521">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1970/1681">S.I. 1970/1681</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295531">
<p>
Words repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70">Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/30">Sch. 30</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295551">
<p>
S. 49: Words in definition inserted (1.4.1996) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19">1994 c. 19</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/section/22/5">s. 22(5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/11/part/III/paragraph/5/6">Sch. 11 Pt. III para. 5(6)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396">S.I. 1996/396</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396/schedule/1">Sch.1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295561">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1951/142">S.I. 1951/142</ref>
, 1900 (1951 I, pp. 1348, 1347), (W.) 1965/319 and (E.) 1970/1681
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295571">
<p>
S. 49(1) definition of “nautical miles” inserted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/49">Territorial Sea Act 1987 (c. 49, SIF 29:1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/49/section/3/1">s. 3(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/49/schedule/1/paragraph/1/2">Sch. 1 para. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295581">
<p>
Definition of “river board” repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1963/38">Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1963/38/schedule/14/part/I">Sch. 14 Pt. I</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295591">
<p>
S. 49(1) in the definitions of “sea” and “seashore” words substituted (E.W.S.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/12">Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/12/section/36/7/a">s. 36(7)(a)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/12/schedule/8/paragraph/1">Sch. 8 para. 1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6295611">
<p>1857 c. cxlviii. </p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295621">
<p>
S. 49(2A) inserted (E.W.S.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/12">Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/12/section/36/7/b">s. 36(7)(b)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/12/schedule/8/paragraph/1">Sch. 8 para. 1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295631">
<p>
Words repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65/schedule/29">Sch. 29</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295641">
<p>
Definition of “maritime burgh or county” repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65/schedule/29">Sch. 29</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary E" eId="c6295651">
<p>This version of this provision extends to Scotland only; separate versions have been created for England and Wales only and for Northern Ireland only.</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6295661">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1930/44">1930 c. 44</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295671">
<p>
S. 49(1): Words in definition substituted (1.1.1996) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21">1995 c. 21</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/314/2">ss. 314(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/316/2">316(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/schedule/13/paragraph/25">Sch. 13 para. 25</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6295681">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1923/16">1923 c. 16</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295691">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1889/63">Interpretation Act 1889 (c. 63)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1889/63/section/38/1">s. 38(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6295701">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1966/38">1966 c. 38</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295711">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1970/1681">S.I. 1970/1681</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295721">
<p>
Words repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70">Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/30">Sch. 30</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295741">
<p>
S.49(1): Words in definition inserted (1.4.1996) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19">1994 c. 19</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/section/22/5">s. 22(5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/11/part/III">Sch. 11 Pt. III</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/paragraph/5/6">para. 5(6)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396">S.I. 1996/396</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396/article/3/schedule/1">art. 3 Sch.1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295751">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1951/142">S.I. 1951/142</ref>
, 1900 (1951 I, pp. 1348, 1347), (W.) 1965/319 and (E.) 1970/1681
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295761">
<p>
S. 49(1) definition of “nautical miles” inserted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/49">Territorial Sea Act 1987 (c. 49, SIF 29:1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/49/section/3/1">s. 3(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/49/schedule/1/paragraph/1/2">Sch. 1 para. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295771">
<p>
Definition of “river board” repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1963/38">Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1963/38/schedule/14/part/I">Sch. 14 Pt. I</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295781">
<p>
S. 49(1) in the definitions of “sea” and “seashore” words substituted (E.W.S.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/12">Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/12/section/36/7/a">s. 36(7)(a)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/12/schedule/8/paragraph/1">Sch. 8 para. 1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6295801">
<p>1857 c. cxlviii. </p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295811">
<p>
S. 49(2A) inserted (E.W.S.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/12">Merchant Shipping Act 1988 (c. 12, SIF 111)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/12/section/36/7/b">s. 36(7)(b)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/12/schedule/8/paragraph/1">Sch. 8 para. 1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295821">
<p>
Words repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65/schedule/29">Sch. 29</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295831">
<p>
Definition of “maritime burgh or county” repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65/schedule/29">Sch. 29</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295841">
<p>
S. 49(4) definitions inserted (S.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/54">Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/54/section/156/1">s. 156(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/54/schedule/9/paragraph/38/5">Sch. 9 para. 38(5)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary E" eId="c6295851">
<p>This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; separate versions have been created for England and Wales only and for Scotland only.</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6295861">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1930/44">1930 c. 44</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295871">
<p>
Words in s. 49(1) substituted (1.1.1996) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21">1995 c. 21</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/314/2">ss. 314(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/section/316">316</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/21/schedule/13/paragraph/25">Sch. 13 para. 25</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6295881">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1923/16">1923 c. 16</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295891">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1889/63">Interpretation Act 1889 (c. 63)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1889/63/section/38/1">s. 38(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6295901">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1966/38">1966 c. 38</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295911">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1970/1681">S.I. 1970/1681</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295921">
<p>
Words repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70">Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1972/70/schedule/30">Sch. 30</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295941">
<p>
Words in s. 49 inserted (1.4.1996) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19">1994 c. 19</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/section/22/5">s. 22(5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/19/schedule/11/part/III/paragraph/5/6">Sch. 11 Pt. III para. 5(6)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396">S.I. 1996/396</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396/article/3">art.3</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/396/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295951">
<p>
Words substituted by virtue of
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1951/142">S.I. 1951/142</ref>
, 1900 (1951 I, pp. 1348, 1347), (W.) 1965/319 and (E.) 1970/1681
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295961">
<p>
S. 49(1) definition of “nautical miles” inserted by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/49">Territorial Sea Act 1987 (c. 49, SIF 29:1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/49/section/3/1">s. 3(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/49/schedule/1/paragraph/1/2">Sch. 1 para. 1(2)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295971">
<p>
Definition of “river board” repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1963/38">Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1963/38/schedule/14/part/I">Sch. 14 Pt. I</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c6295981">
<p>1857 c. cxlviii. </p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6295991">
<p>
Words repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65/schedule/29">Sch. 29</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c6296001">
<p>
Definition of “maritime burgh or county” repealed by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/65/schedule/29">Sch. 29</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-1f22c0070e8b1dd747938daff7d55fa4">
<p>
Words in s. 47(b) substituted (25.7.2003 for specified purposes, 29.12.2003 in so far as not already in force) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/21">Communications Act 2003 (c. 21)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/21/section/411/2">s. 411(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/21/schedule/17/paragraph/19">Sch. 17 para. 19</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/21/schedule/18">Sch. 18</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1900">S.I. 2003/1900</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1900/article/1/2">arts. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1900/article/2/1">2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1900/schedule/1">Schs. 1</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1900/article/3">art. 3</ref>
) (as amended by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3142">S.I. 2003/3142</ref>
, art. 1(3));
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3142">S.I. 2003/3142</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3142/article/3/2">art. 3(2)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/3142/article/11">art. 11</ref>
)
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</note>
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<heading> Supplementary</heading>
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<num>41</num>
<heading> Expenses.</heading>
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Save as expressly provided in this Act, any expenses incurred by the Minister or by the
<ins class="d29p3246 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6293671" marker="F1" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Secretary of State
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or any other Minister or government department under this Act shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.
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<content>
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Any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of moneys provided by Parliament under
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Part I of the
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Local Government Act 1974 or Part I of the
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Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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43
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Penalties for offences.
<noteRef href="#c6293721" marker="C1" class="commentary C"/>
</heading>
<content>
<p>
Save as hereinbefore expressly provided, any person committing an offence under any provision of this Act shall be liable on summary conviction, in the case of a first offence under that provision, to a fine not exceeding
<ins class="d29p3286 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6293741" marker="F4" class="commentary attribute F"/>
ten pounds
</ins>
<ins class="d29p3289 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6293741" marker="F4" class="commentary attribute F"/>
level 3 on the standard scale
</ins>
and, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence thereunder, to a fine not exceeding
<ins class="d29p3293 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6293741" marker="F4" class="commentary attribute F"/>
fifty pounds
</ins>
<ins class="d29p3296 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6293741" marker="F4" class="commentary attribute F"/>
level 3 on the standard scale
</ins>
.
</p>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-44" period="#period3">
<num>44</num>
<heading> Regulations and orders.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-44-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>Any power conferred on the Minister by this Act to make regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument; and every such instrument shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-44-2" period="#period4">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c6293781" marker="C3" class="commentary C"/>
2
</num>
<content>
<p>Any power conferred by this Act on the Minister or on Ministers or on a coast protection authority to make an order or give any directions shall include a power, exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions, to revoke or vary the order or directions.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-45" period="#period6">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c6293851" marker="E1" class="commentary E"/>
45
</num>
<heading> Service of notices and other documents.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-45-1" period="#period2">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>Any notice or other document which is required or authorised by or under this Act to be served on any person may be served either—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-45-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>by delivering it to that person, or leaving it or sending it in a prepaid letter to him at his usual or last-known address; or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-45-1-b" period="#period2">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
in the case of the council of a county,
<ins class="d29p3348 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6293861" marker="F5" class="commentary attribute F"/>
county borough,
</ins>
. . .
<noteRef href="#c6293871" marker="F6" class="commentary F"/>
district
<ins class="d29p3354 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6293881" marker="F7" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or in Scotland the council of a region, islands area or district
</ins>
, or an incorporated company or body,
<ins class="d29p3358 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6293891" marker="F8" class="commentary attribute F"/>
including the National Rivers Authority and an internal drainage board, or a coast protection board
</ins>
, fishery board, local fisheries committee, conservancy authority, highway authority, navigation authority, harbour authority or sea defence commissioners, not being an incorporated body, by delivering it to their clerk or secretary at their registered or principal office, or by sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him at that office; or
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-45-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>in the case of a notice or document to be served on any person as having any interest in land, if it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain his name and address, by addressing it to him by the description of the person having that interest in the land (naming it), and delivering it to some responsible person on the land or affixing it, or a copy of it, to some conspicuous object on the land.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-45-2" period="#period4">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the service of any notice required or authorised to be served under the First Schedule to the
<noteRef href="#c6293901" marker="M3" class="commentary M"/>
Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, or the
<noteRef href="#c6293911" marker="M4" class="commentary M"/>
Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947, as applied by or under this Act to the compulsory purchase of land by a coast protection authority or to the creation of such rights as are mentioned in section twenty-seven of this Act.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-45-scotland+ni-2003-08-01" alternativeTo="section-45" period="#period5">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c6293921" marker="E2" class="commentary E"/>
45
</num>
<heading> Service of notices and other documents.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-45-1-scotland+ni-2003-08-01" alternativeTo="section-45-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>Any notice or other document which is required or authorised by or under this Act to be served on any person may be served either—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-45-1-a-scotland+ni-2003-08-01" alternativeTo="section-45-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>by delivering it to that person, or leaving it or sending it in a prepaid letter to him at his usual or last-known address; or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-45-1-b-scotland+ni-2003-08-01" alternativeTo="section-45-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
in the case of the council of a county,
<ins class="d29p9553 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6293931" marker="F9" class="commentary attribute F"/>
county borough,
</ins>
. . .
<noteRef href="#c6293941" marker="F10" class="commentary F"/>
district
<ins class="d29p9559 first">
<noteRef href="#c6293951" marker="F11" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or in Scotland
</ins>
<ins class="d29p9559 last">
<ins class="d29p9561 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6293961" marker="F12" class="commentary attribute F"/>
a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
(Scotland) Act 1994
</ins>
</ins>
, or an incorporated company or body,or a coast protection board, river board or other drainage authority, fishery board, local fisheries committee, conservancy authority, highway authority, navigation authority, harbour authority or sea defence commissioners, not being an incorporated body, by delivering it to their clerk or secretary at their registered or principal office, or by sending it in a prepaid letter addressed to him at that office; or
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-45-1-c-scotland+ni-2003-08-01" alternativeTo="section-45-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>in the case of a notice or document to be served on any person as having any interest in land, if it is not practicable after reasonable inquiry to ascertain his name and address, by addressing it to him by the description of the person having that interest in the land (naming it), and delivering it to some responsible person on the land or affixing it, or a copy of it, to some conspicuous object on the land.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-45-2-scotland+ni-2003-08-01" alternativeTo="section-45-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the service of any notice required or authorised to be served under the First Schedule to the
<noteRef href="#c6293971" marker="M5" class="commentary M"/>
Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946, or the
<noteRef href="#c6293981" marker="M6" class="commentary M"/>
Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947, as applied by or under this Act to the compulsory purchase of land by a coast protection authority or to the creation of such rights as are mentioned in section twenty-seven of this Act.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-46">
<num>46</num>
<heading>
Local inquiries.
<noteRef href="#c6293991" marker="C4" class="commentary C"/>
</heading>
<subsection eId="section-46-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>
The Minister or the
<ins class="d29p3393 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6294001" marker="F13" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Secretary of State
</ins>
may cause a local inquiry to be held in any case where it appears to him to be advisable to do so in connection with any matter arising under this Act.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-46-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>
Notice of any such inquiry shall be given in such manner as the Minister, or the
<ins class="d29p3403 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6294001" marker="F13" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Secretary of State
</ins>
, as the case may be, may direct, and all persons interested shall be permitted to attend the inquiry and to be heard thereat.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-46-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>
The provisions of subsections (2) to (5) of
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<noteRef href="#c6294021" marker="F14" class="commentary attribute F"/>
section two hundred and fifty of the
</ins>
<ins class="d29p3413 last">
<noteRef href="#c6294031" marker="M7" class="commentary M"/>
Local Government Act 1972
</ins>
(which relate to evidence at local inquiries and to defraying the costs thereof) shall apply to all inquiries held under this Act:
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<p>Provided that subsection (4) of that section (which requires the Minister’s costs of such an inquiry to be defrayed by the parties thereto) shall not apply in relation to any inquiry unless it is so directed by the Minister or Ministers at whose instance the inquiry is held.</p>
</blockContainer>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-46-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>
In the application of this section to Scotland, there shall be substituted for any reference to subsections (2) to (5) of
<ins class="d29p3429 first">
<noteRef href="#c6294021" marker="F14" class="commentary attribute F"/>
section two hundred and fifty of the
</ins>
<ins class="d29p3429 last">
<noteRef href="#c6294051" marker="M8" class="commentary M"/>
Local Government Act 1972
</ins>
, a reference to
<ins class="d29p3435 first">
<noteRef href="#c6294061" marker="F15" class="commentary attribute F"/>
subsection (2) and subsections (4) to (8) of section 210 of the
</ins>
<ins class="d29p3435 last">
<noteRef href="#c6294071" marker="M9" class="commentary M"/>
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
</ins>
, and the proviso to subsection (3) of this section shall be omitted.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-46-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>
Any inquiry in relation to an order under this Act affecting Scotland only, and which becomes in certain circumstances subject to special parliamentary procedure, shall, if the Minister or the
<ins class="d29p3447 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6294001" marker="F13" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Secretary of State
</ins>
so directs, be held by Commissioners under the
<noteRef href="#c6294091" marker="M10" class="commentary M"/>
Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936, and where any direction is so given—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-46-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
it shall be deemed to have been given under section two, as read with section ten, of the
<noteRef href="#c6294101" marker="M11" class="commentary M"/>
Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-46-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>if publication of notice in accordance with paragraph 1 of the First Schedule to this Act or paragraph 1 of the Second Schedule thereto, as the case may be, has been made, the provisions of subsection (1) of the aforesaid section two with regard to advertisement of notice shall be deemed to have been complied with; and</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-46-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>the provisions of subsection (3) of this section shall not apply to such inquiry.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-47" period="#period7">
<num>47</num>
<heading> Savings.</heading>
<intro>
<p>Nothing in this Act or in any order made thereunder shall—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-47-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
affect the powers conferred on the
<ins class="d29p3489 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6294111" marker="F16" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Secretary of State
</ins>
under the
<noteRef href="#c6294121" marker="M12" class="commentary M"/>
Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-47-b" period="#period1">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p3500 first">
<noteRef href="#c6294131" marker="F17" class="commentary attribute F"/>
affect any right conferred by or in accordance with
</ins>
<ins class="d29p3500">
<ins class="substitution key-1f22c0070e8b1dd747938daff7d55fa4-1441290608581 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-1f22c0070e8b1dd747938daff7d55fa4" marker="F58" class="commentary attribute F"/>
the electronic communications code on the operator of an electronic communications code network
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p3500 last"> or any duty of any such operator under that code;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="part-IV-section-47-cn1">
<num>
<ins class="d29p3503 first">
<noteRef href="#c6294141" marker="F18" class="commentary attribute F"/>
c
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p3503">authorise or require any person—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="part-IV-section-47-c-in1">
<num>
<ins class="d29p3503">i</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p3503">to carry out any work of alteration, improvement, repair, maintenance, demolition or removal on any works constructed or maintainable by a </ins>
<ins class="d29p3503">
<ins class="d29p3516 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6294151" marker="F19" class="commentary attribute F"/>
river authority
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p3503"> or other drainage authority, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="part-IV-section-47-c-iin1">
<num>
<ins class="d29p3503">ii</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p3503">to carry out any work on land on which the sowing or planting of vegetation is carried out or vegetation is maintained by a </ins>
<ins class="d29p3503">
<ins class="d29p3526 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6294151" marker="F19" class="commentary attribute F"/>
river authority
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p3503"> or other drainage authority,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins class="d29p3503">unless the </ins>
<ins class="d29p3503">
<ins class="d29p3532 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6294151" marker="F19" class="commentary attribute F"/>
river authority or other
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p3503"> authority consents or the work is to be done by, or under a scheme prepared by, a coast protection board on which the </ins>
<ins class="d29p3503">
<ins class="d29p3536 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6294151" marker="F19" class="commentary attribute F"/>
river authority or other
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p3503 last"> authority is represented and is to be carried out in the area of that coast protection board;</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="part-IV-section-47-cn2">
<num>
<ins class="d29p3541 first">
<noteRef href="#c6294141" marker="F18" class="commentary attribute F"/>
c
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p3541">authorise or require any person—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="part-IV-section-47-c-in2">
<num>
<ins class="d29p3541">i</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p3541 last">to carry out any work of alteration, improvement, repair, maintenance, demolition or removal on any works constructed or maintainable by the National Rivers Authority or an internal drainage board, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="part-IV-section-47-c-iin2">
<num>ii</num>
<content>
<p>to carry out any work on land on which the sowing or planting of vegetation is carried out or vegetation is maintained by the National Rivers Authority or an internal drainage board,</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>unless the National Rivers Authority or the internal drainage board consents or the work is done by, or under a scheme prepared by, a coast protection board on which the National Rivers Authority or the internal drainage board is represented and is to be carried out in the area of that coast protection board;</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-47-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>
authorise or require any person to carry out any work or do anything in contravention of the
<ins class="d29p3569 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6294201" marker="F20" class="commentary attribute F"/>
the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979
</ins>
; or
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-47-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>authorise or require any person to carry out any work of alteration, improvement, repair, maintenance, demolition or removal on any works constructed for the drainage of agricultural land in Scotland, unless the Secretary of State consents.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section eId="section-48">
<num>48</num>
<heading>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<noteRef href="#c6294211" marker="F21" class="commentary F"/>
</heading>
<content>
<p/>
</content>
</section>
<section eId="section-49" period="#period6">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c6295461" marker="E3" class="commentary E"/>
49
</num>
<heading> Interpretation.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-49-1" period="#period2">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:—</p>
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<p>
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<noteRef href="#c6295471" marker="F22" class="commentary F"/>
</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-drainage-authority">
<ins class="d29p3606">drainage authority</ins>
</term>
<ins class="d29p3606 last">” means the National Rivers Authority or an internal drainage board;</ins>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-coast-protection-authority">coast protection authority</term>
” has the meaning assigned to it by section one of this Act;
</p>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-coast-protection-charge">coast protection charge</term>
” has the meaning assigned to it by section six of this Act;
</p>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-coast-protection-work">coast protection work</term>
” means any work of construction, alteration, improvement, repair, maintenance, demolition or removal for the purpose of the protection of any land, and includes the sowing or planting of vegetation for the said purpose;
</p>
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<p>
<term refersTo="#term-conservancy-authority">conservancy authority</term>
” and “
<term refersTo="#term-harbour-authority">harbour authority</term>
” have the same meanings as in the
<ins class="d29p3647 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6295481" marker="F23" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
</ins>
;
</p>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-constituent-authority">constituent authority,</term>
” in relation to a coast protection board, means a body or person represented on the board by virtue of an order made under section two of this Act;
</p>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-fishery-board">fishery board</term>
” means any such fishery board as is referred to in section forty-four of the
<noteRef href="#c6295491" marker="M13" class="commentary M"/>
Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923, and includes the Tweed Commissioners;
</p>
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<p>
<term refersTo="#term-functions">functions</term>
” includes powers and duties;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-land">land</term>
” includes land covered by water;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-local-act">local Act</term>
” includes a provisional order confirmed by Parliament and also includes any enactment in a public general Act, being an enactment which amends a local Act;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-local-fisheries-committee">local fisheries committee</term>
” means a committee constituted under the
<ins class="d29p3696 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6295501" marker="F24" class="commentary attribute F"/>
<noteRef href="#c6295511" marker="M14" class="commentary M"/>
Sea Fisheries Regulation Act 1966
</ins>
;
</p>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-local-highway-authority">local highway authority</term>
” means a highway authority other than the
<ins class="d29p3708 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6295521" marker="F25" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Secretary of State
</ins>
;
</p>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-maritime-.-.-.-district">
maritime . . .
<noteRef href="#c6295531" marker="F26" class="commentary F"/>
district
</term>
” means a . . .
<noteRef href="#c6295531" marker="F26" class="commentary F"/>
district
<ins class="d29p3723 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6295551" marker="F27" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or Welsh county or county borough
</ins>
any part of which adjoins the sea;
</p>
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<p>
<term refersTo="#term-materials">materials</term>
” includes minerals and turf, but does not include seaweed;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-minerals">minerals</term>
” includes coal and stone and any metallic or other mineral substance;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-minister">Minister</term>
” means the
<ins class="d29p3748 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6295561" marker="F28" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Secretary of State
</ins>
;
</p>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-mortgage">mortgage</term>
” includes any charge or lien for securing money or money’s worth, and “
<term refersTo="#term-mortgagee">mortgagee</term>
” shall be construed accordingly;
</p>
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<item>
<p>
<ins class="d29p3762 first">
<noteRef href="#c6295571" marker="F29" class="commentary attribute F"/>
</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-nautical-miles">
<ins class="d29p3762">nautical miles</ins>
</term>
<ins class="d29p3762 last">”means international nautical miles of 1,852 metres;</ins>
</p>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-navigation-authority">navigation authority</term>
” means any person or body of persons having powers under any enactment or statutory order to work or maintain a canal or other inland navigation, including a navigation in tidal water;
</p>
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<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-owner">owner</term>
” in relation to any land means the person for the time being receiving the rackrent thereof, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person, or who would so receive that rent if the land were let at a rackrent;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-protection">protection</term>
” means protection against erosion or encroachment by the sea;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<noteRef href="#c6295581" marker="F30" class="commentary F"/>
</p>
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<item>
<p>
subject to the provisions of
<ins class="d29p3802 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6295591" marker="F31" class="commentary attribute F"/>
subsections (2) and (2A) of this section
</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-sea">sea</term>
” includes the waters of any channel, creek, bay or estuary and of any river so far up that river as the tide flows;
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-sea-defence-commissioners">sea defence commissioners</term>
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subsections (2) and (2A) of this section
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<p>
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<p>
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<p>
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<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>For the purposes of Part I of this Act the expression “sea” shall not include any of the waters specified in the Fourth Schedule to this Act and the expression “seashore” shall not include the bed or shore of any of those waters.</p>
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2A
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<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act.</p>
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<num>4</num>
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<p>
In the application of this section to Scotland, for the definitions of the expressions “fishery board”, . . .
<noteRef href="#c6295631" marker="F33" class="commentary F"/>
, “Minister” and “owner” there shall be substituted respectively the following definitions:—
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49
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<heading> Interpretation.</heading>
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<num>1</num>
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<term refersTo="#term-drainage-authority">drainage authority</term>
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<noteRef href="#c6295661" marker="M16" class="commentary M"/>
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<p>
<term refersTo="#term-coast-protection-authority">coast protection authority</term>
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<term refersTo="#term-coast-protection-charge">coast protection charge</term>
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<term refersTo="#term-coast-protection-work">coast protection work</term>
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Merchant Shipping Act 1995
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<noteRef href="#c6295691" marker="F36" class="commentary attribute F"/>
<noteRef href="#c6295701" marker="M18" class="commentary M"/>
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Secretary of State
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maritime . . .
<noteRef href="#c6295721" marker="F38" class="commentary F"/>
district
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district
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<term refersTo="#term-minerals">minerals</term>
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<term refersTo="#term-mortgage">mortgage</term>
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</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-nautical-miles">
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<p>
<term refersTo="#term-owner">owner</term>
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<p>
<term refersTo="#term-protection">protection</term>
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
<noteRef href="#c6295771" marker="F42" class="commentary F"/>
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subsections (2) and (2A) of this section
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subsections (2) and (2A) of this section
</ins>
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<p>
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<p>
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<noteRef href="#c6295801" marker="M19" class="commentary M"/>
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<p>For the purposes of Part I of this Act the expression “sea” shall not include any of the waters specified in the Fourth Schedule to this Act and the expression “seashore” shall not include the bed or shore of any of those waters.</p>
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<subsection eId="section-49-2A-scotland-2003-08-01" alternativeTo="section-49-2A">
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<noteRef href="#c6295811" marker="F44" class="commentary attribute F"/>
2A
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<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p10164 last">For the purposes of Part II of this Act the expression “sea”includes any part of the sea within the seaward limits of the territorial sea of the United Kingdom, and the expression “seashore” shall be construed accordingly.</ins>
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</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-49-3-scotland-2003-08-01" alternativeTo="section-49-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-49-4-scotland-2003-08-01" alternativeTo="section-49-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>
In the application of this section to Scotland, for the definitions of the expressions “fishery board”, . . .
<noteRef href="#c6295821" marker="F45" class="commentary F"/>
, “Minister” and “owner” there shall be substituted respectively the following definitions:—
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and after the definition of the expression “functions” there shall be inserted the following definition:—
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<ins class="d29p10210">road</ins>
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49
</num>
<heading> Interpretation.</heading>
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<num>1</num>
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<term refersTo="#term-catchment-board">catchment board</term>
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<term refersTo="#term-drainage-authority">drainage authority</term>
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<noteRef href="#c6295861" marker="M20" class="commentary M"/>
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<p>
<term refersTo="#term-coast-protection-authority">coast protection authority</term>
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<term refersTo="#term-coast-protection-charge">coast protection charge</term>
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<ins class="d29p10291 first last">
<noteRef href="#c6295871" marker="F48" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
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<noteRef href="#c6295881" marker="M21" class="commentary M"/>
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<noteRef href="#c6295891" marker="F49" class="commentary attribute F"/>
<noteRef href="#c6295901" marker="M22" class="commentary M"/>
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Secretary of State
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<noteRef href="#c6295921" marker="F51" class="commentary F"/>
district
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<noteRef href="#c6295921" marker="F51" class="commentary F"/>
district
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<noteRef href="#c6295941" marker="F52" class="commentary attribute F"/>
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Secretary of State
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</ins>
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<p>For the purposes of Part I of this Act the expression “sea” shall not include any of the waters specified in the Fourth Schedule to this Act and the expression “seashore” shall not include the bed or shore of any of those waters.</p>
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<subsection eId="section-49-3-ni-2003-08-01" alternativeTo="section-49-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any subsequent enactment including this Act.</p>
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</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-49-4-ni-2003-08-01" alternativeTo="section-49-4">
<num>4</num>
<content>
<p>
In the application of this section to Scotland, for the definitions of the expressions “fishery board”, . . .
<noteRef href="#c6295991" marker="F56" class="commentary F"/>
, “Minister” and “owner” there shall be substituted respectively the following definitions:—
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<p>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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</p>
<p class="BlockAmendment">
<mod>
<quotedStructure class="unknown unknown unknown default" startQuote="" endQuote="">
<p>’Minister’ means the Secretary of State</p>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
<inline name="AppendText">
; and
<mod>
<quotedText>“ ’owner’ includes in relation to any land any person who under the Lands Clauses Acts would be enabled to sell and convey the land to the promoters of an undertaking ”</quotedText>
</mod>
;
</inline>
</p>
<p>
and after the definition of the expression “functions” there shall be inserted the following definition:—
<mod>
<quotedText>“ ’heritable security’ has the same meaning as in the Conveyancing (Scotland) Act 1924, and includes a security constituted by ex facie absolute disposition, but does not include a security by way of ground annual or a real burden ad factum praestandum ”</quotedText>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-50">
<num>50</num>
<heading> Short title and extent.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-50-1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>This Act may be cited as the Coast Protection Act 1949.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-50-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>
Parts I and
<abbr class="Acronym" title="2">II</abbr>
of this Act shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</part>
</portionBody>
</portion>
</akomaNtoso>