Scottish Crown Estate Act 2019

25 Preparation and revision of management plans

(1) A manager must—

(a) prepare a plan under section 24(1) as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming a manager,

(b) submit that plan to the Scottish Ministers as soon as reasonably practicable after it is prepared,

(c) submit each subsequent plan prepared under that section to the Scottish Ministers no later than 3 months before the start of the period to which the plan relates.

(2) The Scottish Ministers may—

(a) approve a plan without modification,

(b) approve a plan with modifications agreed with the manager, or

(c) reject a plan.

(3) If the Scottish Ministers reject a plan, the manager must submit a revised plan to the Scottish Ministers within such period as the Scottish Ministers direct.

(4) When the Scottish Ministers approve a plan under subsection (2)(a) or (b), the manager must publish it as approved in such manner as the manager considers appropriate as soon as reasonably practicable after it is approved.

(5) The manager—

(a) may revise a plan from time to time,

(b) must do so if—

(i) the function of managing a Scottish Crown Estate asset is transferred to or from the manager in regulations made under section 3(1),

(ii) such a function is delegated to or by the manager under section 5, or

(iii) the delegation of such a function to or by the manager under that section ceases to have effect,

(c) must submit any revised plan to the Scottish Ministers.

(6) Subsections (2) to (4) apply to a revised plan submitted under subsection (3) or (5)(c) as they apply to a plan submitted under subsection (1).

(7) Where the Scottish Ministers are the manager—

(a) subsections (1)(b) and (c), (2), (3), (4), (5)(c) and (6) do not apply,

(b) the Scottish Ministers must publish a plan (including a revised plan) in such manner as they consider appropriate as soon as reasonably practicable after the plan is prepared.