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The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Aust to Brean Down No. 2) Order 2023

S.I. 2023/892 · Made 18 July 2023

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Countryside, England

Made 18th July 2023

Coming into force 19th July 2023

The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3A(10) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 37; section 3A was inserted by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), section 303(5).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2End of access preparation period
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

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

2End of access preparation period

(1)

In relation to land which is coastal margin as a result of the relevant approval, the day appointed as the day on which the access preparation periodf1 ends is 19th July 2023.

(2)

In paragraph (1), “the relevant approval” means the approval by the Secretary of Statef2 under section 52(1) of the Actf3 of the relevant reports on the 23rd of June 2022 for length 1 and the 9th July 2020 for lengths 2-5.

(3)

In paragraph (2), “the relevant reports” means the reports titled “ABD 1: Severn Bridge to New Passage”, “ABD 2: New Passage to New Pill Gout”, “ABD 3: New Pill Gout to Avonmouth Bridge”, “ABD 4: Avonmouth Bridge to Portishead Marina” and “ABD 5: Portishead Marina to Wain’s Hill, Clevedon” submitted by Natural England to the Secretary of State under sections 51 and 55A of the Actf4 on 25th July 2019f5.

(4)

In this article, “the Act” means the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949f6.

Signature

Trudy Harrison

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

18th July 2023

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints the day on which the access preparation period ends in relation to land which is coastal margin as a result of the approval by the Secretary of State of Natural England’s proposals contained in a report relating to coastal access along the long-distance route between Aust to Brean Down. A copy of the Secretary of State’s notice of approval is available at www.gov.uk or may be obtained by writing to the Commons and Access Team at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1 4DF.

An impact assessment has not been prepared in respect of this Order because the assumptions underlying the Order were reflected in the impact assessment which was prepared for the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23). It is available at www.gov.uk, or may be obtained by writing to the Commons and Access Implementation Team at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at the address given above.