13 Legal challenges relating to national policy statements

13  Legal challenges relating to national policy statements

(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

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