7Report on forestry strategy
(1)The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as practicable after the end of each reporting period, prepare and publish a report setting out—
(a)progress made in the reporting period in respect of the objectives, priorities and policies included in the forestry strategy,
(b)an assessment of the extent to which funding and support provided by them has assisted in achieving such progress,
(c)steps taken in the reporting period to keep the forestry strategy under review.
(2)The Scottish Ministers must lay a copy of each report prepared and published under this section before the Scottish Parliament.
(3)In this section, “reporting period” means the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which the forestry strategy was last published and each subsequent period of 3 years.