28Strategic plans
(1)The Commissioner must, in respect of each 4 year period—
(a)prepare and publish a strategic plan, and
(b)lay a copy of the plan before the Scottish Parliament before the beginning of the 4 year period to which it relates.
(2)Before publishing a strategic plan, the Commissioner must consult on a draft of it with—
(a)the Parliamentary corporation, and
(b)such other persons as the Commissioner considers appropriate.
(3)A strategic plan is a plan setting out how the Commissioner proposes to perform the Commissioner’s functions during the period covered by the plan and, in particular, setting out—
(a)what the Commissioner’s objectives and priorities are for that period,
(b)how the Commissioner proposes to achieve them,
(c)what the timetable is for doing so, and
(d)what the estimated costs are of doing so.
(4)The Commissioner may, at any time, review and revise a strategic plan.
(5)Where the Commissioner revises a strategic plan—
(a)subsections (1) to (4) apply to the revised strategic plan as they apply to the original strategic plan,
(b)the reference in subsection (1) to the 4 year period is to be read as a reference to the period to which the revised strategic plan relates.
(6)In this section, “4 year period” means—
(a)the period of 4 years beginning with 1 April next following the coming into force of this section, and
(b)each subsequent period of 4 years.