Schedules
Schedule 6Marine plans: preparation and adoption
Statement of public participation
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Before preparing a marine plan for any marine plan area, a marine plan authority must prepare and publish a statement of public participation (an “SPP”).
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An SPP is a statement of the policies settled by the marine plan authority for or in connection with the involvement of interested persons in the preparation of the proposed marine plan.
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An SPP must identify (by means of a map or otherwise) the area for which the marine plan is being prepared.
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If the marine plan authority proposes to include provision relating to retained functions, the SPP—
a
must state that that is the case, and
b
may be published only with the agreement of the Secretary of State.
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An SPP must invite the making of representations in accordance with the SPP as to matters to be included in the proposed marine plan.
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The marine plan authority must publish the SPP in a way calculated to bring it to the attention of interested persons.
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The marine plan authority must take all reasonable steps to comply with the SPP.
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In this paragraph “interested persons” means—
a
any persons appearing to the marine plan authority to be likely to be interested in, or affected by, policies proposed to be included in the marine plan, and
b
members of the general public.