Community Justice (Scotland) Act 2016

10 Corporate plan

(1) Community Justice Scotland must prepare for approval by the Scottish Ministers a plan setting out how it intends to exercise its functions.

(2) The plan must include information on how Community Justice Scotland intends to comply with section 9.

(3) In preparing the plan, Community Justice Scotland must—

(a) have regard to the national strategy, and

(b) consult—

(i) each of the community justice partners,

(ii) such third sector bodies involved in community justice (see section 14(1)) as it considers appropriate, and

(iii) such other persons as it considers appropriate.

(4) The plan must be submitted to the Scottish Ministers as soon as reasonably practicable after the establishment of Community Justice Scotland.

(5) The Scottish Ministers must—

(a) approve the plan, or

(b) approve the plan with such modifications as they consider appropriate.

(6) Before approving the plan with modifications the Scottish Ministers must consult Community Justice Scotland.

(7) As soon as reasonably practicable after the plan is approved (with or without modifications), the Scottish Ministers must lay a copy of the plan before the Scottish Parliament.

(8) Community Justice Scotland must publish the plan as soon as reasonably practicable after a copy of it has been laid before the Scottish Parliament under subsection (7).

(9) Community Justice Scotland—

(a) must review the plan as soon as reasonably practicable after the publication of a revised strategy under section 16, and

(b) may review the plan at any other time.

(10) Community Justice Scotland may, in consequence of such a review, prepare and submit to the Scottish Ministers for approval a revised plan.

(11) Subsections (2), (3) and (5) to (10) apply to a revised plan as they apply to the original plan.