Abstract
The Marine and Coastal Access Act, amongst its other aims, is intended to ‘build on existing access legislation to create a route around the coast of England’ (Foreword to the Draft Marine Bill, HMSO 2008). As such the Act can be seen as a continuation of the access objectives of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act, and possibly as a vindication of the success of the original Act. The broad objectives of access, land management and conservation are present in both pieces of legislation, though it remains to be seen whether the access provisions of the Marine Act will enjoy the same level of funding as those of the CROW Act. This paper investigates the origins of the Marine Act, and in particular the power and influence of tourism, nostalgia and environmentalism on the emergence of this legislation.
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Pomfret (2001).
Stephenson 1989, p. 58.
Palin 1987
Ibid n. 2.
Ibid n. 4, p 23.
Ibid, p. 33.
Ibid n. 4, p 59.
Ibid, p 52.
Hewitt 1998, p. 8.
Ibid, p. 49.
Ibid, p. 69.
Shaw and Williams 1997, p. 21.
Ibid p. 21.
Ibid p. 22.
Ibid p. 22.
Ibid p. 24.
Ibid, n. 2.
Walvin 1978, p. 13.
Ibid p. 17.
Ibid p.157.
Hassan 2003, p. 75.
Ibid p. 76.
Ibid p. 172.
Marine And Coastal Access Act 2009 s229(1).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/coast/ (7/12/08).
Ibid.
Defra’s report on the Marine Bill Consultation Process, HMSO 2008, p. 30.
ibid.
ibid.
ibid.
Ibid p.31.
Ibid p. 31.
Ibid p. 31.
Ibid p. 31.
Ibid p. 31.
Ibid p. 32.
Ibid p. 32.
Ibid p. 32.
Ibid n. 30, p. 32.
Marine and Coastal Access Bill: Impact Assessment, HMSO, 2008, p. 101.
Ibid p. 101.
Ibid p. 106.
Ibid p. 107.
Ibid p. 108.
Ibid p. 114.
Natural England 2007, p. 11.
Ibid.
Shoard 1999, p. 179.
Ibid n. 50.
Ibid p. 48.
Ibid n. 50 p. 49.
Ibid p. 47.
Ibid p. 48.
Ibid p. iv.
Ibid p. v.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside (7/12/08).
ibid.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside (7/12/08).
Joint Committee on the Draft Marine Bill First Report HMSO, 2008
Ibid, n. 486.
Ibid, para. 209.
Ibid, para. 208.
Ibid.
Ibid, p. 85.
Ibid, p. 87.
Ibid, p. 87.
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Mayfield, B. Troubled Waters: The Unifying Influence of Conservation and Public Health on the Access Provisions of the Marine and Coastal Access Act. Liverpool Law Rev 30, 247–262 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10991-010-9066-9
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