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Point in time view as at 01/04/2017.

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Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016, Section 19 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 24 July 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

19Community justice outcomes improvement planS

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(1)The community justice partners for the area of a local authority must, in accordance with such provision as to timing as the Scottish Ministers make by regulations, publish a plan in relation to community justice for the area.

(2)The plan is to set out, in relation to each of the nationally determined outcomes—

(a)the assessment of the community justice partners as to—

(i)whether the outcome is being achieved in the area, and

(ii)if not, how near the outcome is to being achieved,

(b)in light of that assessment, whether the outcome requires to be a priority for action,

(c)the action they intend to take (individually or jointly) to achieve or, as the case may be, maintain achievement of, the outcome.

(3)In making an assessment for the purpose of subsection (2)(a), the community justice partners must use the national indicators.

(4)The plan may contain such other material in relation to community justice as the community justice partners consider appropriate.

(5)In particular, the plan may set out other outcomes in relation to community justice (being outcomes that are consistent with the nationally determined outcomes) that the community justice partners consider should be achieved in the area (called “locally determined outcomes”).

(6)In relation to any such outcome, the plan must set out—

(a)the indicators the community justice partners intend to use to measure performance in achieving the outcome, and

(b)the action the community justice partners intend to take (individually or jointly) to achieve the outcome or, as the case may be, maintain the achievement of the outcome.

(7)The community justice partners must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the plan has been published under subsection (1), send a copy to Community Justice Scotland.

(8)Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to the negative procedure.

Commencement Information

I1S. 19 in force at 1.10.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/262, reg. 2, sch.

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