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Coastal law, particularly as it relates to ownership and usage, is extremely complex. There is no area defined as the coastal zone which is treated by law as an integrated whole. Regulatory controls, many of which are recent in origin, have developed fragmentarily under the pressure of different and competing interests and public bodies. A detailed treatment is outside the scope of this Handbook. For further information, see 'Legislation and the Coastal Zone' from 'Nature Conservation and the Marine Environment' (Nature Conservancy Council/Natural Environment Research Council, 1979), which has formed the basis for much of this chapter. Professional legal advice, and direct reference to the relevant Act or authority, should be sought in any ambiguous or disputed case.

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