Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016

33Review of strategy for innovation, learning and development

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(1)Community Justice Scotland must review the strategy published under section 32(1)—

(a)no later than 5 years after the strategy is published, and

(b)then from time to time (but no later than 5 years after the last review).

(2)Following such a review, Community Justice Scotland must either—

(a)publish a revised strategy, or

(b)publish a statement indicating that it considers that the strategy should not be revised.

(3)Subsection (2) of section 32 applies to a revised strategy as it applies to the strategy published under subsection (1) of that section.

(4)In reviewing, and in revising, the strategy, Community Justice Scotland must—

(a)have regard to—

(i)the national strategy, and

(ii)the national performance framework,

(b)consult—

(i)each of the community justice partners,

(ii)such third sector bodies involved in community justice as it considers appropriate, and

(iii)such other persons as it considers appropriate.

(5)Where a revised strategy is published under subsection (2)(a), this section—

(a)ceases to apply in relation to the previous strategy, and

(b)applies instead in relation to the revised strategy (as it applied in relation to the strategy published under section 32(1)).