{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coast-protection-act-1949/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coast-protection-act-1949/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/74",
  "legislation_title": "Coast Protection Act 1949",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coast-protection-act-1949",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Default powers of Minister.",
  "text": "(1) If complaint is made to the Minister that a coast protection authority have failed to take sufficient measures for the protection of any land in their area, or he is of the opinion that an investigation should be made into the need for any such measures or the sufficiency of any measures so taken, he may cause a local inquiry to be held into the matter.\n(2) If after a local inquiry has been held under this section the Minister is satisfied that there has been such a failure on the part of a coast protection authority, he may make an order declaring them to be in default and directing them to exercise such of their powers under this Act as may be specified in the order in such manner and within such time as may be so specified.\n3)—(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 29(3)—(6) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30 and Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 29(7) repealed by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/12-13-14/74/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:20:11.869147+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."
}