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PART 5GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

51Duty to report to the Scottish Parliament

(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.