301 River estuaries
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (2009 c 23) | Legislation

301  River estuaries

(1)     This section applies in a case where the continuity of any part of the English coast is interrupted by a river.

(2)     Natural England may exercise its functions as if the references in the coastal access provisions to the sea included the relevant upstream waters of the river.

(3)     For this purpose “the relevant upstream waters”, in relation to a river, means—

(a)     the waters from the seaward limit of the estuarial waters of the river upstream to the first public foot crossing, or

(b)     if Natural England so decides, the waters from the seaward limit of the estuarial waters of the river upstream to such limit, downstream of the first public foot crossing, as may be specified

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