[2] Section 1(1) creates the Marine Management Organisation.

The UK was later than most states in establishing an EEZ, previously relying on overlapping maritime zones for fisheries; pollution control; and energy matters.

[4][5] Sections 296 to 310 provide for the establishment of an English coastal walking route (i.e. the England Coast Path) and of rights of access to land near the English coast.

They also contain supplementary legislation concerning the powers of the Welsh Assembly concerning the Wales Coast Path.

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