Part 3Management of Scottish Crown Estate assets
Planning and reporting
I122Strategic management plan
1
The Scottish Ministers must prepare a plan for the management of the Scottish Crown Estate.
2
The plan must set out the Scottish Ministers'—
a
objectives, priorities and policies in relation to the management of the Estate (including the acquisition of new assets), and
b
assessment of how those objectives, priorities and policies align with the Scottish Ministers' other objectives, priorities and policies.
3
The plan may contain such other information about the Estate and its management as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.
4
When preparing the plan, the Scottish Ministers must consult—
a
each manager,
b
such other persons as they consider appropriate.
5
A manager must have regard to the plan when—
a
preparing a management plan,
b
exercising any of the manager's other functions.
6
The Scottish Ministers must—
a
lay a copy of the plan before the Scottish Parliament, and
b
publish the plan in such manner as they consider appropriate as soon as reasonably practicable after a copy of it is laid before the Parliament.
7
In subsection (5)(a), “management plan” means—
a
where the manager is Crown Estate Scotland, a plan prepared under article 19(1) of the Crown Estate Scotland Order,
b
otherwise, a plan prepared under section 24(1).