{"id":192836,"date":"2023-12-25T11:11:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T15:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=192836"},"modified":"2023-12-25T11:11:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T15:11:51","slug":"no-such-thing-as-a-private-beach-symister-says-noting-that-all-residents-have-the-right-to-access-according-to-1999-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/no-such-thing-as-a-private-beach-symister-says-noting-that-all-residents-have-the-right-to-access-according-to-1999-law\/","title":{"rendered":"No such thing as a \u2018private\u2019 beach, Symister says, noting that all residents have the \u2018right\u2019 to access, according to 1999 law"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-2426388957\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>SOURCE Real News:<\/p><div id=\"antig-638692013\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"culinary\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:843\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:132\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:450\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:675\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:842\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/culinary-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1124\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<article id=\"post-13508\" class=\"post-13508 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-environment category-news\">\n<div class=\"article-content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p>No such thing as a \u2018private\u2019 beach, Symister says, noting that all residents have the \u2018right\u2019 to access, according to 1999 law<\/p>\n<p>As the debate rages on about the lack of public access to the Nation\u2019s beaches, attorney Leon Chaku Symister says that a radical change \u2013 demonstrated by people taking a stand \u2013 is required to end this worrisome issue.<\/p>\n<p>As he recalls recent reports that a chain had been put in place to restrict access to the beach at Dickenson Bay, Symister says an administration was not put in place to encourage<br \/>\nhomeowners and hoteliers to limit citizens\u2019 access to beaches.<\/p>\n<p>What is taking place under the Browne Administration was not tolerated under the United Progressive Party (UPP) Government, Symister says, and this was demonstrated when a former minister removed the barrier from a private property that was preventing<br \/>\nlocals from accessing a beach.<\/p>\n<p>Symister, the UPP spokesperson on legal matters, says the people must take stronger action to ensure their rights are not trampled on and to preserve their right to beach access.<br \/>\nHe notes, too, that the designation of \u201cprivate beachfront properties\u201d does not override locals\u2019 right of access to the beach.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens and residents of this country have the \u201cright\u201d of access, the attorney declares, since there is no such thing as a private beach from which the public can be excluded.<\/p>\n<p>That right of access is contained in the Development Control Act of 1999, he notes.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Symister says that every police officer should understand that no land-owner can prevent the public frombaccessing the beach.<\/p>\n<p>Further, he says that the alternative \u2013 changing the route by which people access the beach \u2013 is wrong. 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