Strategic plan, annual reports and other reports 12 Strategic plans (1) The Commissioner must, in respect of each 4 year period— (a) prepare and publish a strategic plan, and 30 (b) lay a copy of the plan before the Scottish Parliament before the beginning of the 4 year period to which it relates. (2) Before publishing a strategic plan, the Commissioner must consult on a draft of it with— (a) the Parliamentary corporation, and (b) such other persons as the Commissioner thinks appropriate. 35 (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 Commissioner’s functions during the period covered by the plan and, in particular, setting out— 40 (a) what the Commissioner’s objectives and priorities are for that period, 6 Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill (b) how the Commissioner proposes to achieve them, (c) what the timetable is for doing so, and (d) estimates of the costs of doing so. (5) The Commissioner may, at any time, review and revise a strategic plan. 5 (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 (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. 10 (7) In this section, “4 year period” means— 1 (a) the period of 4 years beginning on 1 April next following the coming into force of this section, and (b) each subsequent period of 4 years. (8) The Commissioner may vary the start date and length of the period mentioned at 15 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...