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Provision relating to first marine planning policy statement
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32. (1) The Act of 2021 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 6:
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“6A. (1) For the avoidance of doubt, following the coming into operation of this section—
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(a) a section 6 requirement shall apply to a thing done under a specified Act during the period of twelve months referred to in section 6(4) only where the Minister has prepared and published the first marine planning policy statement under section 6 prior to the thing being done, and
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(b) a thing done under a specified Act shall not be invalid by reason only of being done under a specified Act otherwise than in accordance with a section 6 requirement during the period of twelve months referred to in section 6(4) where the Minister has not yet prepared and published the first marine planning policy statement under section 6 prior to the thing being done.
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(2) For the avoidance of doubt—
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(a) a section 6 requirement shall not apply to a thing done under a specified Act prior to the coming into operation of this section, and
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(b) a thing done under a specified Act prior to the coming into operation of this section shall not be invalid by reason only of being done otherwise than in accordance with a section 6 requirement.
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(3) In this section—
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‘section 6 requirement’ means an obligation or requirement for a thing done under a specified Act—
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(a) to be consistent with,
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(b) not to cause any significant inconsistency with,
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(c) to ascertain whether there is any inconsistency with, or
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(d) to have regard to,
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the marine planning policy statement;
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‘specified Act’ means—
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(a) this Act, or
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(b) the Act of 2000.”.
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(2) This section shall come into operation on the commencement of section 6 of the Act of 2021.
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