Commentary on Provisions Circular economy strategy Section 4: Review of strategy
14.Section 4 of the Act requires the Scottish Ministers to keep the circular economy strategy under review, and gives them a power to revise the strategy as appropriate. Subsection (2) provides that Ministers must revise the strategy if they have not revised and republished the strategy in the last 5 years.
15.Under subsection (3), sections 1(2) to (13), 2, 3(1) and (3) of the Act, regarding the content, consultation, publication and laying of the strategy before Parliament, apply to any process of revision under section 4(1).
16.Section 5: Reporting on strategy
17.Section 5 requires the Scottish Ministers to report every 2 and half years (half way through the expected duration of a circular economy strategy) on the progress made in respect of the objectives and plans included in the strategy; where any objectives have not been met, the measures the Scottish Ministers propose to meet those objectives; and on the steps taken to keep the strategy under review. Under subsection (2) Ministers must publish the report in such manner as they consider appropriate, and lay a copy of it before the Scottish Parliament.