Part 2National Islands Plan
Reporting on and review of plan
5Report on plan
1
The Scottish Ministers must prepare a report for each reporting year, containing information—
a
about the extent to which the outcomes identified in the national islands plan have improved in the reporting year,
b
about steps the Scottish Ministers will take where an outcome identified in the national islands plan has not improved in the reporting year,
c
about the steps which the Scottish Ministers have taken to comply with the duties in relation to island communities imposed by—
i
section 7 (including any island communities impact assessment prepared under section 8), and
ii
section 13, and
d
about any other matters which the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.
2
In this section, “reporting year” means the period of one year beginning—
a
in the case of the first report following each publication of a national islands plan under section 4(4), with the day on which the national islands plan is published,
b
in any other case, with the day of the expiry of the last period of one year.
3
Before the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the last day of the reporting year, the Scottish Ministers must—
a
lay the report before the Scottish Parliament, and
b
publish the report.