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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-the-countryside-coastal-margin-bawdsey-to-aldeburgh-order-2026/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/718",
  "legislation_title": "The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Bawdsey to Aldeburgh) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-the-countryside-coastal-margin-bawdsey-to-aldeburgh-order-2026",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (Bawdsey to Aldeburgh) Order 2026 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949\n“the relevant approval” means the approval, by the Secretary of State under section 52(1) of the Act of the proposal contained in the—\n(a) England Coast Path Bawdsey to Aldeburgh BSA1, Bawdsey Quay (picnic site) to Butley Ferry (west side) report on 2nd May 2025;\n(b) England Coast Path Bawdsey to Aldeburgh BSA2, Butley Ferry crossing (west side) to Orford Quay report on 2nd May 2025;\n(c) England Coast Path Bawdsey to Aldeburgh BSA3, Orford Quay to Ferry Lane (track) report on 11th November 2021;\n(d) England Coast Path Bawdsey to Aldeburgh BSA4, Ferry Lane (track) to Hazlewood Marshes car park report on 2nd May 2025;\n(e) England Coast Path Bawdsey to Aldeburgh BSA5, Hazlewood Marshes car park to Aldeburgh report on 2nd May 2025.\n“the relevant report” means the report submitted by Natural England to the Secretary of State under sections 51 and 55A of the Act on 3rd February 2021 entitled—\n(a) England Coast Path Bawdsey to Aldeburgh BSA1, Bawdsey Quay (picnic site) to Butley Ferry (west side);\n(b) England Coast Path Bawdsey to Aldeburgh BSA2, Butley Ferry crossing (west side) to Orford Quay;\n(c) England Coast Path Bawdsey to Aldeburgh BSA3, Orford Quay to Ferry Lane (track);\n(d) England Coast Path Bawdsey to Aldeburgh BSA4, Ferry Lane (track) to Hazlewood Marshes car park;\n(e) England Coast Path Bawdsey to Aldeburgh BSA5, Hazlewood Marshes car park to Aldeburgh.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 c. 97."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The functions of the Secretary of State under sections 51 and 52 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97) were originally vested in the Minister of Town and Country Planning in relation to England and Wales (see section 114(1) of that Act). The Minister of Town and Country Planning was renamed the Minister of Local Government and Planning by S.I. 1951/142, and was further renamed the Minister of Housing and Local Government by S.I. 1951/1900. S.I. 1965/143 transferred (so far as relevant) the functions of the Minister of Housing and Local Government to the Minister of Land and Natural Resources. The Ministry of Land and Natural Resources was dissolved by S.I. 1967/156 and the functions of that Minister (so far as relevant) were transferred to the Minister of Housing and Local Government. The Ministry of Housing and Local Government was dissolved and the functions of that Minister were transferred to the Secretary of State by S.I. 1970/1681."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 52(1) was amended by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), Schedule 11, Part 1, paragraph 10(f)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 51 was amended by: the Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41), section 21(2); the Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Schedule 30; the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43), Schedule 8, paragraph 1(7); the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), Schedule 10, paragraph 2(5); the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, Schedule 5, Part 2, paragraph 12 and Schedule 7, paragraph 1; and by the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, Schedule 11, Part 1, paragraph 10(e). Section 55A was inserted by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, section 302(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "The reports are available at www.gov.uk or may be obtained by writing to Coastal Access Delivery Team, Natural England, Mail Hub, County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester, WR5 2NP."
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/718/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:58:56.759742+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}