PART 2Forestry functions

CHAPTER 1General forestry functions

Forestry strategy

I17Report on forestry strategy

1

The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as practicable after the end of each reporting period, prepare and publish a report setting out—

a

progress made in the reporting period in respect of the objectives, priorities and policies included in the forestry strategy,

b

an assessment of the extent to which funding and support provided by them has assisted in achieving such progress,

c

steps taken in the reporting period to keep the forestry strategy under review.

2

The Scottish Ministers must lay a copy of each report prepared and published under this section before the Scottish Parliament.

3

In this section, “reporting period” means the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which the forestry strategy was last published and each subsequent period of 3 years.