Fisheries objectives, fisheries statements and fisheries management plans
3Joint fisheries statement: procedure
(1)
The fisheries policy authorities may at any time prepare and publish a replacement JFS or amendments of a JFS.
(2)
Part 1 of Schedule 1 contains provision applying in relation to the preparation and publication by the fisheries policy authorities of a JFS or amendments of a JFS.
(3)
A JFS or an amendment of a JFS comes into effect when it is published in accordance with that Part of that Schedule.
(4)
The fisheries policy authorities must review a JFS whenever they consider it appropriate to do so and in any event—
(a)
before the end of the period of 6 years beginning with the day on which it was published, and
(b)
in the case of a JFS that has already been reviewed, before the end of the period of 6 years beginning with the end of the most recent review.
(5)
If, in the light of a review, the fisheries policy authorities conclude that changes are required to the JFS they must—
(a)
prepare and publish amendments of the JFS, or
(b)
prepare and publish a replacement JFS.
(6)
For the purposes of this section, a review of a JFS ends—
(a)
if the fisheries policy authorities conclude in the light of the review that no changes are required to the JFS, at the time they reach that conclusion;
(b)
if the fisheries policy authorities conclude in the light of the review that changes are required to the JFS, at the time the document mentioned in subsection (5) is published.