19.This section requires the Scottish Ministers to prepare a statement when setting targets under section 2C. The statement must provide a range of information, including the approach they will take to ensure targets are met, how that approach is intended to be funded (including, for example, if some of the funding is to come from third sector or private sources), how long it is anticipated to take, organisations (or types of organisations) which will be involved, how the targets support or have regard to other relevant Scottish Government policies and strategies, the intended monitoring measures that will be used for assessing progress against the statutory measures and indicators that are to be set with the targets, the potential implications and consequences if targets are not met and the actions the Scottish Ministers intend to take if that should occur.
The Act Part 1 – Targets for Improving Biodiversity Inserted section 2D – Setting targets: statements