Fisheries objectives, fisheries statements and fisheries management plans

Secretary of State fisheries statement: procedure
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1
The Secretary of State may at any time prepare and publish a replacement SSFS or amendments of an SSFS.
2
Part 2 of Schedule 1 contains provision applying in relation to the preparation and publication by the Secretary of State of an SSFS or amendments of an SSFS.
3
An SSFS or an amendment of an SSFS comes into effect when it is published in accordance with that Part of that Schedule.
4
The Secretary of State must review an SSFS whenever the Secretary of State considers 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 an SSFS 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 Secretary of State concludes that changes are required to the SSFS the Secretary of State must—
a
prepare and publish amendments of the SSFS, or
b
prepare and publish a replacement SSFS.
6
For the purposes of this section, a review of an SSFS ends—
a
if the Secretary of State concludes in the light of the review that no changes are required to the SSFS, at the time the Secretary of State reaches that conclusion;
b
if the Secretary of State concludes in the light of the review that changes are required to the SSFS, at the time the document mentioned in subsection (5) is published.
7
Where, at any time after an SSFS has come into effect, a replacement JFS comes into effect or amendments of a JFS come into effect, and—
a
the policies in the SSFS are included in the new JFS, or
b
the Secretary of State considers that the policies in the SSFS are superseded by the policies in the new JFS,
the Secretary of State may publish a document revoking the SSFS.
8
In subsection (7) “the new JFS” means the replacement JFS or the JFS as amended.
9
The revocation comes into effect when the document is published.