Part 3Duties in relation to island communities
Shetland mapping requirement
17Shetland mapping requirement
1
There is to be a Shetland mapping requirement.
2
When publishing in any form a document that includes a map of Scotland, the Scottish Ministers, a local authority and any other Scottish public authority with mixed functions or no reserved functions must—
a
comply with the Shetland mapping requirement, or
b
where Ministers or, as the case may be, the authority consider that there are reasons not to comply, provide in such manner as they consider appropriate, information about those reasons.
3
The Shetland mapping requirement is that, in any map of Scotland, the Shetland Islands must be displayed in a manner that accurately and proportionately represents their geographical location in relation to the rest of Scotland.