Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom UK environmental law

The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 is a UK law that overhauled marine management by creating a comprehensive framework for marine planning, conservation, licensing, and public coastal access.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 canonical	13
UK Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1339659 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
Context triple: [Marine Management Organisation, legalBasis, Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009]

A. Environmental Protection Act 1990
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is a key UK law that provides the framework for controlling pollution, managing waste, and protecting the environment.
B. Shoreline Management Act of 1971 (Washington)
The Shoreline Management Act of 1971 is a Washington State law that regulates the use and development of shorelines to protect natural resources, public access, and shoreline ecology.
C. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 is an Australian federal law that establishes the framework for protecting and managing the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, including creating the authority responsible for its conservation.
D. Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014
The Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 is Scottish legislation that established Historic Environment Scotland as the lead public body for caring for, promoting, and managing Scotland’s historic environment.
E. Navigation Acts (England)
The Navigation Acts were a series of 17th- and 18th-century English laws that regulated colonial trade to strengthen English shipping and ensure that commerce with its colonies benefited England.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009
Target entity description: The Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 is a UK law that overhauled marine management by creating a comprehensive framework for marine planning, conservation, licensing, and public coastal access.

A. Environmental Protection Act 1990
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is a key UK law that provides the framework for controlling pollution, managing waste, and protecting the environment.
B. Shoreline Management Act of 1971 (Washington)
The Shoreline Management Act of 1971 is a Washington State law that regulates the use and development of shorelines to protect natural resources, public access, and shoreline ecology.
C. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 is an Australian federal law that establishes the framework for protecting and managing the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, including creating the authority responsible for its conservation.
D. Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014
The Historic Environment Scotland Act 2014 is Scottish legislation that established Historic Environment Scotland as the lead public body for caring for, promoting, and managing Scotland’s historic environment.
E. Navigation Acts (England)
The Navigation Acts were a series of 17th- and 18th-century English laws that regulated colonial trade to strengthen English shipping and ensure that commerce with its colonies benefited England.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ UK environmental law ⓘ
administeredBy	Marine Management Organisation ⓘ
appliesTo	UK Exclusive Economic Zone (in part) ⓘ linked to: United Kingdom exclusive economic zone UK territorial waters ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
creates	England Coast Path framework ⓘ duty to prepare marine plans ⓘ power to designate Marine Conservation Zones ⓘ
createsFrameworkFor	coastal access in England ⓘ designation of Marine Conservation Zones ⓘ marine licensing regime ⓘ marine planning system in UK waters ⓘ
establishes	Marine Management Organisation ⓘ
implementedBy	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ devolved administrations (for devolved matters) ⓘ
introducedBy	UK Government ⓘ linked to: UK government
jurisdiction	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legislature	Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: British Parliament
longTitle	An Act to make provision in relation to marine and coastal access, marine planning, marine licensing, marine nature conservation and the establishment of a Marine Management Organisation, and for connected purposes ⓘ
part	Part 1: The Marine Management Organisation ⓘ Part 2: Marine Planning ⓘ Part 3: Marine Licensing ⓘ Part 4: Marine Nature Conservation ⓘ Part 9: Coastal Access ⓘ
policyArea	environmental protection ⓘ marine governance ⓘ public access to the countryside ⓘ
primaryPurpose	create a framework for marine conservation ⓘ establish a system of marine planning ⓘ improve public access to the English coast ⓘ reform marine management in UK waters ⓘ regulate marine licensing ⓘ
regionFocus	UK marine area ⓘ
relatedTo	Marine Strategy Framework Directive (EU) ⓘ linked to: EU marine strategy framework directive UK Marine Policy Statement ⓘ
royalAssentDate	2009-11-12 ⓘ
shortTitle	Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ
status	in force (with amendments) ⓘ
subjectMatter	coastal access ⓘ fisheries management (in part) ⓘ marine conservation ⓘ marine environment ⓘ marine spatial planning ⓘ
yearEnacted	2009 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marine Management Organisation → legalBasis → Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

MMO → legalBasis → Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

MMO → establishedBy → Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 → shortTitle → Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

Chief Executive of the Marine Management Organisation → legalBasis → Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities → legalBasis → Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

United Kingdom exclusive economic zone → governingLaw → UK Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

linked to: Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

England Coast Path → legalBasis → Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

UK Marine Policy Statement → legalFramework → Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

UK Marine Policy Statement → supportsImplementationOf → Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

Sea Fisheries Committees → dissolvedBy → Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

Isles of Scilly Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority → legalBasis → Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority → legalBasis → Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority → legalBasis → Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ

Scottish continental shelf waters → regulatedBy → UK Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 ⓘ