Commentary on provisions of Act Schedule 1: Fisheries statements and management plans: preparation and publication Part 2: Secretary of State fisheries statement
Paragraphs 5 to 7 provide that the consultation requirements, the requirement to lay the consultation draft before the appropriate legislature, and the publication requirement would apply in the same way to the SSFS as they do to the JFS (the SSFS is laid before UK Parliament). Paragraph 8 requires the Secretary of State to publish the SSFS as soon as reasonably practicable after it has been adopted.