Section 3 Power to extend to coastal land : Wales .F3

England and Wales

(1)

The F1Welsh Ministers may by order amend the definition of “open country” in section 1(2) so as to include F2as respects Wales a reference to coastal land or to coastal land of any description.

(2)

An order under this section may—

(a)

make consequential amendments of other provisions of this Part, and

(b)

modify the provisions of this Part in their application to land which is open country merely because it is coastal land.

(3)

In this section “coastal land” means—

(a)

the foreshore, and

(b)

land adjacent to the foreshore (including in particular any cliff, bank, barrier, dune, beach or flat which is adjacent to the foreshore).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 3(1) substituted (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 303(4)(b), 324(2)(d) (with s. 308)
F2: Words in s. 3(1) inserted (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 303(4)(c), 324(2)(d) (with s. 308)
F3: Word in s. 3 heading inserted (12.1.2010) by Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23), ss. 303(4)(a), 324(2)(d) (with s. 308)