Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012

116 Annual report

After section 41K of the 2005 Act (inserted by section 115), insert—

“41L Annual report

(1) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of each reporting year, SFRS must—

(a) prepare and publish an annual report,

(b) give a copy of the report to the Scottish Ministers, and

(c) lay a copy of the report before the Scottish Parliament.

(2) An annual report is a report setting out—

(a) an assessment of SFRS’s performance during the reporting year in acting in accordance with the framework document,

(b) an assessment of SFRS’s performance during the reporting year in achieving the outcomes set out in the strategic plan approved under section 41A or, as the case may be, 41B, and

(c) such other information as SFRS thinks fit.

(3) In this section, “reporting year” means—

(a) the period beginning on the day on which SFRS is established and ending

(i) on 31 March next occurring, or

(ii) if that period is of less than 6 months’ duration, on 31 March next occurring after that, and

(b) each subsequent period of a year ending on 31 March.”.