# Planning Act 2008, Section 13: Legal challenges relating to national policy statements

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(1) A court may entertain proceedings for questioning a national policy statement or anything done, or omitted to be done, by the Secretary of State in the course of preparing such a statement only if—
(a) the proceedings are brought by a claim for judicial review, and
(b) the claim form is filed before the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day after —
(i) the day on which the statement is designated as a national policy statement for the purposes of this Act, or
(ii) (if later) the day on which the statement is published.
(2) A court may entertain proceedings for questioning a decision of the Secretary of State not to carry out a review of all or part of a national policy statement only if—
(a) the proceedings are brought by a claim for judicial review, and
(b) the claim form is filed before the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day after the day of the decision not to carry out the review.
(3) A court may entertain proceedings for questioning a decision of the Secretary of State to carry out a review of all or part of a national policy statement only if—
(a) the proceedings are brought by a claim for judicial review, and
(b) the claim form is filed before the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day after the day on which the Secretary of State complies with section 6(5) in relation to the review concerned.
(4) A court may entertain proceedings for questioning anything done, or omitted to be done, by the Secretary of State in the course of carrying out a review of all or part of a national policy statement only if—
(a) the proceedings are brought by a claim for judicial review, and
(b) the claim form is filed before the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day after the day on which the Secretary of State complies with section 6(5) in relation to the review concerned.
(5) A court may entertain proceedings for questioning anything done by the Secretary of State under section 6(5) after completing a review of all or part of a national policy statement only if—
(a) the proceedings are brought by a claim for judicial review, and
(b) the claim form is filed before the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day after the day on which the thing concerned is done.
(6) A court may entertain proceedings for questioning a decision of the Secretary of State as to whether or not to suspend the operation of all or part of a national policy statement under section 11 only if—
(a) the proceedings are brought by a claim for judicial review, and
(b) the claim form is filed before the end of the period of 6 weeks beginning with the day after the day of the decision.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/29/section/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-act-2008/section-13
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