Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016

22 Review of community justice outcomes improvement plan

(1) The community justice partners for the area of a local authority must review the plan for that area published under section 19(1)—

(a) as soon as reasonably practicable after the occurrence of an event mentioned in subsection (2), and

(b) otherwise, from time to time.

(2) The events referred to in subsection (1)(a) are—

(a) the publication of a revised strategy under section 16(2),

(b) the publication of a revised framework under section 18(4)(a),

(c) the publication of a revised local outcomes improvement plan in relation to the area under section 7(5) of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.

(3) Following such a review, the community justice partners for the area of a local authority must either—

(a) publish a revised plan, or

(b) publish a statement indicating that they consider that the plan should not be revised.

(4) Subsections (2) to (7) of section 19 apply to a revised plan as they apply to a plan published under subsection (1) of that section.

(5) Section 20 applies to reviewing, and revising, a plan under this section as it applies to preparing a plan.

(6) Section 21 applies in relation to a revised plan as it applies to a plan under section 19.

(7) Where a revised plan is published under subsection (3)(a), this section—

(a) ceases to apply in relation to the previous plan, and

(b) applies instead in relation to the revised plan (as it applied in relation to the plan published under section 19(1)).