50.Section 4 amends the 2000 Act to insert a new section requiring Scottish Ministers to prepare and publish a National Parks policy statement. The statement must set out the policy direction and vision for National Parks, the proposed outcomes resulting from the policy direction and vision, and how new and existing duties on public bodies in relation to National Parks are expected to operate. National Park policy statements must be prepared and published in relation to each reporting period, which is the period of 10 years beginning with the day that section 3 of the Act comes into force and each subsequent period of 10 years.
The Act Policy statement on National Parks Section 4 – Policy statement on National Parks