The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Iwade to Grain) (No. 2) Order 2023

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Iwade to Grain) (No. 2) Order 2023 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) In this Order—

(a) “the Act” means the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949(1);

(b) “the relevant approvals” means the approvals by the Secretary of State(2) under section 52(1) of the Act(3) of—

(i) IGR 7: the Otterham Quay to the Strand Leisure Park report on 18thAugust 2020;

(ii) IGR 8: the Strand Leisure Park to Frindsbury report on 12th November 2020;

(iii) IGR 9: the Frindsbury to Burnt House Farm report on 18thAugust 2020;

(iv) IGR 10: the Burnt House Farm to Stoke Creek Crossing report on 18thAugust 2020;

(v) IGR 11: the Stoke Creek Crossing to Grain Crossing report on 18thAugust 2020.

(c) “the relevant reports” means the reports submitted by Natural England to the Secretary of State under sections 51 and 55A of the Act(4) on 20th March 2020(5) entitled—

(i) IGR 7: the England Coast Path Otterham Quay to the Strand Leisure Park report;

(ii) IGR 8: the England Coast Path Strand Leisure Park to Frindsbury report;

(iii) IGR 9: the England Coast Path Frindsbury to Burnt House Farm report;

(iv) IGR 10: the England Coast Path Burnt House Farm to Stoke Creek Crossing report;

(v) IGR 11: the England Coast Path Stoke Creek Crossing to Grain Crossing report.

(1)

1949 c. 97.

(2)

The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 51 and 52 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97) were originally vested in the Minister of Town and Country Planning in relation to England and Wales (see section 114(1) of that Act). The Minister of Town and Country Planning was renamed the Minister of Local Government and Planning by S.I. 1951/142, and was further renamed the Minister of Housing and Local Government by S.I. 1951/1900. S.I. 1965/143 transferred (so far as relevant) the functions of the Minister of Housing and Local Government to the Minister of Land and Natural Resources. The Ministry of Land and Natural Resources was dissolved by S.I. 1967/156 and the functions of that Minister (so far as relevant) were transferred to the Minister of Housing and Local Government. The Ministry of Housing and Local Government was dissolved and the functions of that Minister were transferred to the Secretary of State by S.I. 1970/1681.

(3)

Section 52(1) was amended by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), Schedule 11, Part 1, paragraph 10(f).

(4)

Section 51 was amended by the Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41), section 21(2), the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 30, the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43), Schedule 8, paragraph 1(7), the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), Schedule 10, paragraph 2(5), the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, Schedule 5, Part 2, paragraph 12 and Schedule paragraph 1, and the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, Schedule 11, Part 1, paragraph 10(e). Section 55A was inserted by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, section 302(1).

(5)

The reports are available at www.gov.uk or may be obtained by writing to Coastal Access Delivery Team, Natural England, Mail Hub, County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester, WR5 2NP.