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Part 3Marine planning

Chapter 1Marine policy statement

45Preparation and coming into effect of statement

(1)An MPS may only be prepared by—

(a)all the policy authorities, acting jointly,

(b)the Secretary of State and any one or more other policy authorities, acting jointly, or

(c)the Secretary of State.

(2)An MPS must not be prepared by the Secretary of State acting alone under subsection (1)(c) unless the Secretary of State has first invited each of the other policy authorities to participate in the preparation of an MPS.

(3)A later MPS replaces an earlier MPS, whether or not the later MPS is prepared and adopted by the same policy authorities that prepared and adopted the earlier MPS.

(4)An MPS comes into effect when it has been published in accordance with Schedule 5.