Section 5 Frequency of planningI1 I2

Scotland

(1)

The Commissioner—

(a)

may make a new strategic plan at any time (having complied with section 7),

(b)

must seek to ensure that there is no gap between the period of one plan ending and that of its successor beginning.

(2)

The period of a strategic plan—

(a)

must not exceed 4 years,

(b)

begins on the date that the plan states it begins,

(c)

ends on the earlier of—

(i)

the date that the plan states it ends, or

(ii)

the date that the period of the plan’s successor begins.

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