SP Bill 15 Session 5 (2017) 2 Islands (Scotland) Bill Part 2—National Islands Plan P ART 2 N ATIONAL I SLANDS P LAN Duty to prepare national islands plan 3 National islands plan 5 (1) The Scottish Ministers must prepare a national islands plan. (2) In this Part, a “national islands plan” is a plan setting out the main objectives and strategy of the Scottish Ministers in relation to improving outcomes for island communities that result from, or are contributed to by, the carrying out of functions of a public nature. 10 4 Preparation and scrutiny of plan (1) In preparing the national islands plan, the Scottish Ministers must— (a) consult— (i) such persons as they consider represent the interests of island communities, and 15 (ii) such persons as they consider likely to be affected by the proposals contained in the plan, and (b) have regard to the distinctive geographical and cultural characteristics of each of the areas inhabited by island communities. (2) The Scottish Ministers must lay...