{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009/section-62",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009/section-62.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/23",
  "legislation_title": "Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-and-coastal-access-act-2009",
  "path": "section/62",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "62",
  "heading": "Validity of marine policy statements and marine plans",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to—\n(a) any MPS,\n(b) any amendment of an MPS,\n(c) any marine plan,\n(d) any amendment of a marine plan.\n(2) Anything falling within the paragraphs of subsection (1) is referred to in this section as a “relevant document”.\n(3) A relevant document must not be questioned in any legal proceedings, except in so far as is provided by the following provisions of this section.\n(4) A person aggrieved by a relevant document may make an application to the appropriate court on any of the following grounds—\n(a) that the document is not within the appropriate powers;\n(b) that a procedural requirement has not been complied with.\n(5) Any such application must be made not later than 6 weeks after the publication of the relevant document.\n(6) In this section—\n“the appropriate court” means—\n(a)the High Court, if the relevant document is a marine plan, or an amendment of a marine plan, for an area within the English inshore region or the Welsh inshore region;\n(b)in any other case, any superior court in the United Kingdom;\n“the appropriate powers” means—\n(a)in the case of an MPS or an amendment of an MPS, the powers conferred by Chapter 1 of this Part;\n(b)in the case of a marine plan or an amendment of a marine plan, the powers conferred by—\n(i)Chapter 2 of this Part, or\n(ii)section 55 (delegation);\n“procedural requirement” means any requirement—\n(a)under the appropriate powers, or\n(b)in directions under section 55 or 57,\nwhich relates to the preparation, adoption or publication of a relevant document;\n“superior court in the United Kingdom” means any of the following—\n(a)the High Court;\n(b)the Court of Session.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/23/section/62",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:47.916077+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}