Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022

1 Requirement to produce plan

(1) The Scottish Ministers must—

(a) publish, and

(b) lay before the Scottish Parliament,

a national good food nation plan.

(2) Subsection (1) must be complied with before the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the expiry of the period mentioned in section 3(1)(a).

(3) The national good food nation plan must set out—

(a) the main outcomes in relation to food-related issues which the Scottish Ministers want to be achieved in relation to Scotland,

(b) indicators or other measures by which progress in achieving the outcomes may be assessed, and

(c) the policies which the Scottish Ministers intend to pursue in order to secure the achievement of the outcomes.

(4) The national good food nation plan must also set out the Scottish Ministers’ plans for ensuring that the implementation of the policies mentioned in subsection (3)(c) is informed by the views of the food business sector.

(5) The national good food nation plan may include such other material in relation to food-related issues as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.

(6) In determining the content of the national good food nation plan so far as required by subsection (3), the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the scope for food-related issues to affect outcomes in relation to, among other things—

(a) social and economic wellbeing,

(b) the environment, including in particular in relation to—

(i) climate change, and

(ii) wildlife and the natural environment,

(c) health and physical and mental wellbeing (including in particular through the provision of health and social care services),

(d) economic development,

(e) animal welfare,

(f) education, and

(g) child poverty.