Sections 16 and 17: Reporting, review and revision of plans
41.These sections mirror the reporting and review requirements in relation to the national good food nation plan set out in sections 7 and 8 for relevant authorities’ good food nation plans.
42.Section 17(4) states that the provisions of section 10 on the content of the plan, section 11 on the principles to which regard must be had in the preparation of the plan, section 12 on consultation and section 13 on the regard to be given to the national good food nation plan when preparing a relevant authority’s good food plan apply to the revision of the plan in the same way as they do to preparation of the initial plan.
43.Section 17(5) provides that, as required under section 14 for the initial plan, relevant authorities must publish a statement when publishing a revised good food nation plan setting out how in revising the plan, the relevant authority complied with the requirement to have regard to the principles set out in section 11 and the national good food nation plan.