15Reports by the Scottish Ministers on status of provisionsS
(1)The Scottish Ministers must, in respect of each reporting period—
(a)undertake a review of the operation of the provisions of Part 1 with a view to considering whether those provisions remain necessary, and
(b)prepare a report on that review.
(2)A report prepared under subsection (1) must—
(a)set out how any powers conferred by the provisions of Part 1 have been exercised, and
(b)include—
(i)the status of the provisions of Part 1 (whether or not any power under a provision has been exercised), and
(ii)a statement that the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that the status of those provisions is appropriate.
(3)The references in subsection (2) to the “status” of a provision are to—
(a)whether the provision is in force at the end of the reporting period, and
(b)whether any power under the following provisions has been exercised by the Scottish Ministers in relation to it during that period (and, if so, which and how)—
(i)section 11 (regulations suspending or reviving provision),
(ii)section 13 (regulations altering expiry date of provision),
(iii)section 17(2) (regulations bringing provision into force).
(4)Each of the following is a “reporting period”—
(a)the period beginning with the day after Royal Assent and ending on 31 May 2020,
(b)each successive period of 2 months that ends during the period before Part 1 of this Act expires by virtue of section 12(1).
(5)The Scottish Ministers must lay each report prepared under subsection (1) before the Scottish Parliament no later than 14 days after the end of a reporting period.