PART 2COMMUNITY PLANNING
8Local outcomes improvement plan: progress report
1
Each community planning partnership must prepare and publish a local outcomes improvement plan progress report for each reporting year.
2
A local outcomes improvement plan progress report is a report setting out––
a
the community planning partnership's assessment of whether there has been any improvement in the achievement of each local outcome referred to in section 6(2)(a) during the reporting year, and
b
the extent to which—
i
the community planning partnership has participated with community bodies in carrying out its functions under this Part during the reporting year, and
ii
that participation has been effective in enabling community bodies to contribute to community planning.
3
In this section, “reporting year” means—
a
a period of one year beginning on 1 April, or
b
in relation to a particular community planning partnership, a period of one year beginning on such other date as may be specified in a direction given by the Scottish Ministers to the community planning partnership.