Part 3

Marine planning
Chapter 1

Marine policy statement

Amendment of statement
47
1
An MPS may be amended from time to time by the policy authorities which prepared and adopted it.
2
Any amendment of an MPS must be prepared and adopted in accordance with Schedule 5.
3
Any amendment of an MPS comes into effect when it has been published in accordance with that Schedule.
4
Any reference in this Part to an amendment of an MPS being adopted by any policy authorities is a reference to the final text of the amendment being adopted by those authorities in accordance with that Schedule.
5
Any reference in this Act to an MPS includes a reference to an MPS as amended.
S. 47: functions made exercisable jointly with the Welsh Ministers by 2006 c. 32, Sch. 3A para. 4 (as inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 4 para. 4 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(p))