Strategic plan, annual reports and other reports 35 11 Strategic plans (1) The Commissioner must, in respect of each 4 year period— (a) prepare and publish a strategic plan, and (b) lay a copy of the plan before the Scottish Parliament before the beginning of the 4 year period to which it relates. 40 (2) Before publishing a strategic plan, the Commissioner must consult on a draft of it with— (a) the Parliamentary corporation, and 5 Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill (b) such other persons as the Commissioner thinks appropriate. (3) The reference in subsection (2)(b) to other persons includes a committee of the Scottish Parliament. (4) A strategic plan is a plan setting out how the Commissioner proposes to perform the 5 Commissioner's functions during the period covered by the plan and, in particular, setting out— (a) what the Commissioner’s objectives and priorities are for that period, (b) how the Commissioner proposes to achieve them, (c) what the timetable is for doing so, and 10 (d) estimates of the costs are of doing so. 1 (5) The Commissioner may, at any time, review and revise a strategic plan. (6) If the Commissioner reviews and revises a strategic plan— (a) subsections (1) to (5) apply to a revised strategic plan as they do to a strategic plan, and 15 (b) the reference in subsection (1) to the 4 year period is to be read as a reference to the period to which the revised strategic plan relates. (7) In this section, “4 year period”— (a) means the period of 4 years beginning on 1 April following the coming into force of this section, and 20 (b) each subsequent period of 4 years. (8) The Commissioner may vary the start date and length of the period mentioned at subsection (7)(a) if— (a) the period as varied is more than 3 years and less than 5 years, (b) the period as varied ends on 31 March...