# Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A marine plan authority which decides to prepare a marine plan for a marine plan area must, before beginning to prepare the plan, give notice of its intention to do so to each of the related planning authorities.
(2) The “related planning authorities” are—
(a) the Secretary of State (unless the Secretary of State is the marine plan authority);
(b) any marine plan authority whose marine planning region adjoins or is adjacent to the marine plan area;
(c) if the Scottish inshore region adjoins or is adjacent to the marine plan area, the Scottish Ministers;
(d) any local planning authority whose area adjoins or is adjacent to the marine plan area;
(da) any minerals and waste planning authority whose relevant area adjoins or is adjacent to the marine plan area;
(e) any responsible regional authorities whose region adjoins or is adjacent to the marine plan area.
(f) any corporate joint committee whose area adjoins or is adjacent to the marine planning area.
(g) any strategic planning authority within the meaning given in section 12A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, which is required to prepare a spatial development strategy under Part 1A of that Act for an area that adjoins or is adjacent to the marine plan area.
(3) In this paragraph—
“corporate joint committee” means a corporate joint committee to which Part 6 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 applies by virtue of regulations under Part 5 of the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021;
“local planning authority” means an authority which is—
(a)a local planning authority for the purposes of Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (c. 5) (see section 15LF of that Act),
(aa)a local planning authority for the purposes of Part 6 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (see section 78 of that Act), or
(b)a planning authority for the purposes of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (c. 8) (see section 1 of that Act);
“minerals and waste planning authority” means an authority which is a minerals and waste planning authority for the purposes of Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (see section 15LG of that Act) and “relevant area” has the meaning given by that section.
“responsible regional authorities” has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (regional strategy).
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/23/schedule/6/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009/schedule-6/paragraph-1
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