Good food nation plans of public bodies
I110Requirements to produce plans
1
Each relevant authority must publish a good food nation plan.
2
In this Act, a “relevant authority” is—
a
a health board,
b
a local authority,
c
a specified public authority.
3
Subsection (1) must be complied with—
a
in the case of a health board or local authority, before the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this section comes into force,
b
otherwise, before the end of the period specified in relation to the authority concerned.
4
A relevant authority’s good food nation plan must set out—
a
the main outcomes in relation to food-related issues which the relevant authority wants to be achieved within the relevant authority’s areas of responsibility,
b
indicators or other measures by which progress in achieving the outcomes may be assessed, and
c
the policies which the relevant authority intends to pursue in order to secure the achievement of the outcomes.
5
A relevant authority’s good food nation plan may include such other material in relation to food-related issues as the relevant authority considers appropriate.
6
In determining the content of its good food nation plan, a relevant authority 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,
g
child poverty, and
h
any other matter specified by the Scottish Ministers.