{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/5",
  "legislation_title": "Marine (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Effect of withdrawal from or of marine policy statement or of national marine plan",
  "text": "(1) Where the Scottish Ministers withdraw from a marine policy statement in accordance with section 48 of the 2009 Act, or a marine policy statement is withdrawn (by virtue of the withdrawal of the Secretary of State under that section), the withdrawal does not affect—\n(a) the continuing validity or effect of a national marine plan or regional marine plan, or\n(b) until such time as a new marine policy statement is in effect in relation to the Scottish marine area, the construction of any national or regional marine plan.\n(2) Where the Scottish Ministers withdraw a national marine plan, the withdrawal does not affect—\n(a) the continuing validity or effect of a regional marine plan, or\n(b) until such time as a new national marine plan is in effect, the construction of any regional marine plan.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 10 in force at 1.7.2010 by S.S.I. 2010/230, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/5/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:15:30.418460+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."
}