Strategic plan, annual reports and other reports 12 Strategic plans 30 (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. (2) Before publishing a strategic plan, the Commissioner must consult on a draft of it with— 35 (a) the Parliamentary corporation, and (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. 5 Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill Part 2—The Future Generations Commissioner for Scotland (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— (a) what the Commissioner's objectives and priorities are for that period, 5 (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. (6) If the Commissioner reviews and revises a strategic plan— 10 (a) subsections (1) to (5) apply to a revised strategic plan as they do to a strategic 1 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. (7) In this section, “4 year period”— 15 (a) means 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 sub-paragraph (7)(a) if— 20 (a) the period as varied is more than 3 years and less than 5 years, (b) the period as varied ends on 31 March of the relevant year, and (c) the Parliamentary corporation has approved the variation. 13 Annual report (1) The Commissioner must, in respect of each reporting year— 25 (a) prepare and publish an annual report on the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions during the reporting year, and (b) lay a copy of the report before the Scottish Parliament within 7 months after the end of that reporting year. (2) The annual report must include— 30 (a) a review of issues identified by the Commissioner in the reporting year as being relevant to the promotion of wellbeing and sustainable development, (b) a review of the Commissioner’s activity...