Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Community Justice Outcomes Improvement Plan and Performance Report (Scotland) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 19th November 2016.
(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016.
Community justice outcomes improvement plans
2. The plan prepared under section 19 of the Act (community justice outcomes improvement plan) is to be published by 31st March 2017.
Reports on performance
3. The specified period for the purposes of section 23(1)(a) of the Act (reports on performance in relation to community justice outcomes) is the period beginning on 1st April 2017 and ending on 31st March 2018.
ANNABELLE EWING
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
2nd October 2016