6.—(1) No later than 30th September each year, the JTCJI must provide the JTACs with the national training programme applicable to the next year.
(2) By 31st December 2016, the JTCJI must provide the JTACs with the national training programme applicable to the year ending 31st December 2017.
(3) The national training programme must—
(a)include the national curriculum;
(b)include details of all Judicial Institute training courses and the dates on which these will be delivered; and
(c)take account of reports received from the JTACs on the common development training needs identified from the appraisal process.
(4) The national training programme may include directions specifying training topics.
(5) Those directions may require 2 or more JTACs to designate, in their sheriffdom training programmes, the training topics specified as JTAC training that must be undertaken.
(6) If the national training programme includes a direction, then it must also include—
(a)sufficient information to allow a JTAC to determine how long it will take to deliver training on those training topics; and
(b)a date by which training on those topics must be delivered.