Commentary on provisions of Act Fisheries objectives, fisheries statements, and fisheries management plans Section 7: Fisheries management plans: power to depart from proposals in the JFS
Subsections (1) to (4) of this section set out the requirements for preparing and publishing replacement fisheries management plans, or amendments to existing plans, where there has been a relevant change in circumstances (set out in subsection (7)).
	Subsection (5) requires the authority or authorities preparing a new plan to explain how and why it is different from the plan contemplated in the JFS.
	Subsection (6) sets out that the information that must be included in a new plan should still meet the requirements in section 6(2) to (5).
	Subsection (7) sets out what is meant by a relevant change in circumstances. These include changes relating to the international obligations of the UK, things done or not done by other countries that affect the marine and aquatic environment, available scientific evidence and evidence relating to the social, economic or environmental elements of sustainable development.