Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

309 Interpretation of this Part E+W

In this Part—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• “functions” includes powers and duties;

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

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