Amendment of article 195

In article 19 (maintenance of coast protection, drainage and flood defence works)—

a

for paragraph (1)(b) substitute—

b

to an activity carried on by or on behalf of any of the following for the purpose of maintaining any coast protection works6—

i

a coast protection authority (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Coast Protection Act 19497);

ii

a local authority (within the meaning of section 68(9) of the Act);

iii

the Secretary of State for Defence

b

at the end insert—

4

In this article—

  • “beach replenishment” means the addition of material from land-based, off-shore or other coastal sources not connected to the beach or its associated sediment system to replace material permanently lost from the system;

  • “coast protection works” includes—

    1. a

      beach re-profiling, which involves the movement of beach material in a cross-shore direction up or down the beach; and

    2. b

      beach recycling, which involves the movement of beach material along the beach from areas of accretion to areas of erosion within the beach or associated sediment system.