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SP Bill 11B Session 5 (2018) 2 Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill Part 2—Forestry functions Chapter 1—General forestry functions Forestry strategy 3 Duty to prepare forestry strategy (1) The Scottish Ministers must prepare a forestry strategy. (2) The forestry strategy— 5 (za) must set out a vision for forestry in Scotland, (a) must set out the Scottish Ministers’ objectives, priorities and policies with respect to the promotion of sustainable forest management, and (b) may set out other matters with respect to the promotion of sustainable forest management. 10 (3) The forestry strategy must include the Scottish Ministers’ objectives, priorities and policies with respect to— (za) the creation of woodland, (a) the economic development of forestry, (aa) targets for the planting of trees, 15 (b) the conservation and enhancement of the environment by means of sustainable forest management, (c) the realisation of the social benefits of forestry, (d) the acquisition and disposal of land under sections 15 to 17, (e) the production and supply of timber and other forest products. 20 (4) The Scottish Ministers— (a) must keep the forestry strategy under review, and (b) may, if they consider it appropriate to do so, revise the strategy. (5) If the Scottish Ministers have not revised the forestry strategy under subsection (4)(b) within the period of 9 years beginning with the day on which the strategy was last 25 published, they must revise the strategy. 4 Preparation and revision of forestry strategy (1) In preparing or revising the forestry strategy, the Scottish Ministers must— (a) publish a draft of the strategy and consult with such bodies as they consider appropriate and also with the general public, 30 (b) have regard to— (i) the land use strategy (prepared under section 57 of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009), and (ii) the land rights and responsibilities statement (prepared under section 1 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016), 35 (iii) Article 2 of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, (iv) the code of practice on deer management (drawn up under section 5A of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996), Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill 3 Part 2—Forestry functions Chapter 1—General forestry functions (v) the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy (prepared under section 2 of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004). (2) The forestry strategy must be prepared and revised with a view to achieving consistency, so far as practicable, between the objectives, priorities and policies set out in the strategy 5 and the Scottish Ministers’ other functions. 5 Publication of forestry strategy (1) The Scottish Ministers must publish the forestry strategy and each revision of it. (2) The Scottish Ministers must lay...
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10 June 2024
Financial Memorandum Children (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Government does not expect that contact centres will incur expenditure as a result of regulations laying down provisions on handling complaints.
Official Report
Meeting date:
8 November 2017
Education and Skills Committee 08 November 2017
The provisions of the bill already envisaged that I would lay a draft code of practice in Parliament, that the code of practice would be available for consultation in Parliament for 40 days and that I would have to take account of any comments on the draft code that were expressed by Parliament within that 40-day per...
Official Report
Meeting date:
10 December 2025
Public Audit Committee 10 December 2025
You spoke of “weaknesses ... lack of accountability, limited coordination” and “insufficient pace.”
Official Report
Meeting date:
1 April 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 01 April 2025
First of all, it is good to see you, too—I am delighted to be here. We expect to lay 57 SSIs between now and the summer recess.
Official Report
Meeting date:
4 May 2022
Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee 04 May 2022
We have also committed to a project to lay 16 subsea cables to improve connectivity.
Last updated:
10 December 2019
South of Scotland Enterprise Bill as amended at Stage 2
South of Scotland Enterprise Bill 5 12 Validity of things done The validity of anything done by South of Scotland Enterprise, its committees or sub- committees is not affected by— (a) a vacancy in membership or the office of chief executive, 5 (b) a defect in the appointment of a member or the chief executive, (c) the disqualification of a person as a member after appointment. Accountability 13 Accounts and audit South of Scotland Enterprise must— 10 (a) keep proper accounts and accounting records, (b) prepare in respect of each financial year a statement of accounts, and (c) send a copy of the statement to the Auditor General for Scotland for auditing. 14 Annual report (1) South of Scotland Enterprise must, after each financial year— 15 (a) prepare and publish a report of its activities during the year, and (b) send a copy of the report to the Scottish Ministers. (2) The Scottish Ministers are to lay before the Scottish Parliament a copy of each report received by them under subsection (1).
Last updated:
6 October 2025
Scottish Human Rights Commission Tick Tock report Auditor General 30 June 2025
The Scottish Government has committed to introduce a Scottish Accessible Homes Standard from 2025/26 for new homes. 5. Accountability Mechanisms - Are current oversight and accountability structures sufficient to ensure that disabled people’s rights are being upheld in practice?
Last updated:
3 September 2025
Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Bill Minister for Business and Employment
Improvements in implementation and accountability are needed, which are key considerations for reform. 23.
Last updated:
29 May 2025
HousingBillStage2LetterfromCabSecSJ
These require amounts transferred from the General Fund of a local authority to the Housing Revenue Account to be carried to the credit of the Housing Revenue Account.
