# Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, Section 17: Validity of national marine plans and regional marine plans


(1) A relevant document must not be questioned in any legal proceedings, except in so far as is provided by this section.
(2) A person aggrieved by a relevant document may make an application to the Court of Session on any of the following grounds—
(a) that the document is not within the appropriate powers,
(b) that a procedural requirement has not been complied with.
(3) Any such application must be made not later than 6 weeks after the publication of the relevant document.
(4) In this section and section 18—
(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,
(b) “procedural requirement” means any requirement—
(i) under the appropriate powers, or
(ii) in directions under section 12 or 14,
which relates to the preparation, adoption or publication of a relevant document,
(c) “relevant document” means—
(i) a national marine plan,
(ii) an amendment of a national marine plan,
(iii) a regional marine plan,
(iv) an amendment of a regional marine plan.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/5/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marine-scotland-act-2010/section-17
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