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Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, for moving this amendment. We are all anxious that the legislation should be proper for the devolved powers under the Bill and this reflects some of the worries of the Law Society of Scotland. I wonder again whether this part of the Bill applies to Scotland—whether Scotland has to be included. It would appear that the Government’s view has been that the phrase, ""any superior court in the United Kingdom"" should be sufficient. The other side of the coin is whether there are courts in Wales or Northern Ireland that would serve in this context. I am very interested to hear the Minister’s reply.