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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-17.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2010/5",
  "legislation_title": "Marine (Scotland) Act 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Validity of national marine plans and regional marine plans",
  "text": "(1) A relevant document must not be questioned in any legal proceedings, except in so far as is provided by this section.\n(2) A person aggrieved by a relevant document may make an application to the Court of Session 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(3) Any such application must be made not later than 6 weeks after the publication of the relevant document.\n(4) In this section and section 18—\n(a) “the appropriate powers” means in the case of a national marine plan, a regional marine plan or an amendment of any such plan, the powers conferred on the Scottish Ministers by sections 5 to 12,\n(b) “procedural requirement” means any requirement—\n(i) under the appropriate powers, or\n(ii) in directions under section 12 or 14,\nwhich relates to the preparation, adoption or publication of a relevant document,\n(c) “relevant document” means—\n(i) a national marine plan,\n(ii) an amendment of a national marine plan,\n(iii) a regional marine plan,\n(iv) an amendment of a regional marine plan.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 1.7.2010 by S.S.I. 2010/230, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/5/section/17",
    "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."
}