303 Access to the coastal margin

303  Access to the coastal margin

(1)     Part 1 of the CROW Act (access to the countryside) is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 1—

(a)     in subsection (1) (definition of “access land”) omit “or” at the end of paragraph (d) and after that paragraph insert—

“(da)     is coastal margin, or”,

(b)     in subsection (2), after the definition of “the appropriate countryside body” insert—

““coastal margin” means land which is of a description specified by an order under section 3A;”,

(c)     in that subsection, in the definition of “open country”, in paragraph (b) after “land” insert “or coastal margin”, and

(d)     in subsection (3), after “2006” insert “(but is not coastal margin)”.

(3)     In section 2 (rights of public in relation to access land)—

(a)     in subsection (3), for “prohibition” to the end substitute “relevant statutory prohibition”, and

(b)     after that subsection insert—

“(3A)     In subsection (3) “relevant statutory prohibition” means—

(a)     in the case of land which is coastal margin, a prohibition contained in or having effect under any enactment, and

(b)     in any other case, a prohibition contained in or having effect under any enactment other than an enactment contained in a local or private

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