Section 19 inserts new section 118A into the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 which introduces a statutory requirement for the Council to publish an annual business plan, which must first be approved by the Lord Chancellor.
	New section 118A(1) provides that the Council must submit a business plan for the year to the Lord Chancellor for approval as soon as practicable after the start of each financial year.
	New section 118A(2) requires the Council to set out within the plan the sentencing guidelines that it proposes to prepare in the year, as well as other activities it proposes to undertake.
	New section 118A(3) requires the Lord Chancellor, as soon as practicable after receiving a business plan for approval, to consider it and decide whether to approve it.
	New section 118A(4) sets out that if the Lord Chancellor approves the plan, they must notify the Council, and, once notified, the Council must publish it.
	New section 118A(5) sets out that if the Lord Chancellor decides not to approve the plan, they must notify the Council, and, as soon as practicable after doing so, lay before Parliament a document stating the reason for the decision.
Part 1: Sentencing Section 19: Sentencing Council business plan