SCHEDULE 1Preparation, adoption etc. of marine plans or any amendment
Adoption and publication of marine plan
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1
A national marine plan or (as the case may be) a regional marine plan is adopted by the Scottish Ministers when they decide to publish the plan.
2
A national marine plan which the Scottish Ministers decide to publish may be—
a
the same as the draft laid before the Parliament under paragraph 13,
b
that draft with such modifications as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.
3
A regional marine plan which the Scottish Ministers decide to publish may be—
a
the same as the proposals published in the consultation draft relating to it, or
b
those proposals with such modifications as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.
4
Where the Scottish Ministers adopt a national marine plan or a regional marine plan, they must publish it as soon as reasonably practicable after its adoption, together with statements of each of the following—
a
any modifications that have been made to the proposals published in the consultation draft for the plan,
b
the reasons for those modifications,
c
if any recommendations made by any independent person appointed under paragraph 11 have not been implemented in the plan, the reasons why any such recommendations have not been implemented,
d
if any matter in a resolution of the Parliament in pursuance of paragraph 13 has not been implemented in a national marine plan published under this paragraph, the reasons why any such matter has not been implemented.
5
The Scottish Ministers must lay a copy of the adopted national marine plan before the Parliament as soon as is reasonably practicable after the plan's adoption.