5. 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 works(1)—
(i)a coast protection authority (within the meaning of Part 1 of the Coast Protection Act 1949(2));
(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—
beach re-profiling, which involves the movement of beach material in a cross-shore direction up or down the beach; and
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.”.
Section 49 of the Coast Protection Act 1949 defines “coast protection work”.