After section 1 (the National Park aims), insert—

“1APolicy statements by the Scottish Ministers

(1)

The Scottish Ministers must, for each reporting period, prepare and publish a National Parks policy statement.

(2)

The policy statement must in particular set out—

(a)

the Scottish Ministers’—

(i)

policy direction in relation to National Parks,

(ii)

vision for National Parks, and

(iii)

proposed outcomes resulting from the policy direction and vision,

(b)

how new and existing duties on public bodies in relation to National Parks are expected to operate.

(3)

In this section, the “reporting period” is the period of 10 years beginning with the day on which section 3 of the Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026 comes into force and each subsequent period of 10 years.”.