(1)The Scottish Ministers must lay before the Scottish Parliament, once every 4 years, a report on—
(a)the economic condition of crofting;
(b)the measures taken to support crofting during the reporting period by—
(i)the Scottish Ministers;
(ii)the Commission;
(c)the further measures that the Scottish Ministers intend to take to address the economic condition of crofting.
(2)The first such report must be laid before the Scottish Parliament within 6 months of the date on which the Bill for this Act was passed.
(3)In subsection (1) “reporting period” means—
(a)in the case of the first report, the period of 4 years preceding the laying of the report;
(b)in the case of each subsequent report, the period since the laying of the last report.