Part IX

Miscellaneous and General

The seashore etc.

Savings for Crown and other rights.
120
Subject to—
a
the provisions of the Coast Protection Act 1949, the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Acts 1972 to 1974 and the Dumping at Sea Act 1974;
b
the functions of statutory undertakers and port authorities; and
c
any public rights of way
a local authority may exercise, with respect to the seashore and adjacent waters, the powers conferred on them by sections 121 and 122 of this Act ....
S. 120 extended by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(1)(3), Sch. 16 para. 1(1) (xxxvii), Sch. 17 paras. 33, 35(1)
1949 c. 74.
1974 c. 20.
Words in s. 120 substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 129(17); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 137(2); Act wholly in force at 1. 1. 1985 see S.I. 1983/201 as amended by S.I. 1984/573 and 744.
Act (except s. 16 which applies to England and Wales) applies to Scotland only see s. 137(9).
Act excluded (19. 12. 1991) by City of Edinburgh District Council Order Confirmation Act (c. xix), ss. 1, 12(2), Sch. Pt. V
Words in s. 120 repealed (9.2.2005) by Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 2), s. 100(3), sch. 2 para. 8(a) (with s. 100(2)); S.S.I. 2005/17, art. 2(b)