17.Subsection (1) requires the Scottish Ministers to prepare a report on the provision of residential outdoor education under section 6A of the 1980 Act, to lay a draft of that report before the Scottish Parliament and to publish it. This must be done as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the reporting period. Subsection (3) provides that the reporting period means the period of five years beginning with the day on which the Act comes fully into force.
18.Subsection (2) provides that there are five matters which a report must set out. It also may include any other matter which the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.
Commentary on Sections Section 6C – Report on provision of residential outdoor education