14Strategic plansS
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(1)The [Commissioner] must, in respect of each 4 year period, lay before the Parliament a plan (referred to in this section as a “strategic plan”) setting out how the [Commissioner proposes to perform the Commissioner’s] functions during the 4 year period.
(2)A strategic plan must, in particular, set out—
(a)the ... Commissioner's objectives and priorities during the 4 year period,
(b)how the [Commissioner proposes] to achieve them,
(c)timetables for doing so, and
(d)estimates of the costs of doing so.
(3)Before laying a strategic plan before the Parliament, the [Commissioner] must provide a draft of it to and invite, and (if any are given) consider, comments on it from—
(a)the Parliamentary corporation, and
(b)such other persons as the [Commissioner thinks] appropriate.
(4)The reference in subsection (3)(b) to other persons includes a reference to a committee of the Parliament.
(5)The [Commissioner] must lay each strategic plan before the Parliament not later than the beginning of the 4 year period to which the plan relates.
(6)The [Commissioner] must arrange for the publication of each strategic plan laid before the Parliament.
(7)The [Commissioner] may, at any time during a 4 year period, review the strategic plan for the period and lay a revised strategic plan before the Parliament.
(8)Subsections (2) to (7) apply to a revised strategic plan as they apply to a strategic plan.
(9)In that application, the reference in subsection (5) to the 4 year period is a reference to the period to which the revised strategic plan relates.
(10)In this section, “4 year period” means the period of four years beginning on 1 April next following the coming into force of this section and each subsequent period of four years.