The Act: Section by Section Section 15: Report on operation of Act
58.This section requires Public Health Scotland(26) to produce (for a limited time following the Act’s enactment) reports on the operation of the Act. Each report is to relate to a reporting period: the first reporting period runs from the day on which section 1 comes into force until 31 March in the following year(27), the second reporting period runs from 1 April in that following year until 31 March in the year after that, and so on until a total of 10 reports have been produced. Each report is to be prepared as soon as reasonably practicable after the expiry of the relevant reporting period, with the report then being laid before the Scottish Parliament and published no later than 31 May each year.