Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009

10 (1) A policy authority must not adopt the final text unless it has complied with the requirements of this paragraph. U.K.

(2) The policy authority must lay a copy of the consultation draft before the appropriate legislature.

(3) The appropriate legislature is—

(a) in the case of the Secretary of State, Parliament;

(b) in the case of the Scottish Ministers, the Scottish Parliament;

(c) in the case of the Welsh Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales;

(d) in the case of the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Assembly.

(4) If during the period allocated to it for legislative scrutiny of the consultation draft—

(a) an appropriate legislative body makes a resolution with regard to the consultation draft, or

(b) an appropriate legislative committee makes recommendations with regard to the consultation draft,

sub-paragraph (5) applies.

(5) The policy authority must lay before the appropriate legislature a statement setting out the policy authority's response to the resolution or recommendations.

(6) The period allocated to an appropriate legislative body or appropriate legislative committee for legislative scrutiny of the consultation draft is such period as the policy authority may specify.

(7) The policy authority must specify the period allocated for legislative scrutiny of the consultation draft on or before the day on which a copy of that draft is laid before the appropriate legislature under sub-paragraph (2).

(8) In this paragraph—

• “appropriate legislative body” means—

  (a)

  in the case of the Secretary of State, either House of Parliament;

  (b)

  in the case of any other policy authority, the appropriate legislature;

• “appropriate legislative committee” means—

  (a)

  in the case of the Secretary of State, a committee of either House of Parliament;

  (b)

  in the case of any other policy authority, a committee of the appropriate legislature.