Good food nation plans of public bodies

I110Requirements to produce plans

1

Each relevant authority must publish a good food nation plan.

2

In this Act, a “relevant authority” is—

a

a health board,

b

a local authority,

c

a specified public authority.

3

Subsection (1) must be complied with—

a

in the case of a health board or local authority, before the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this section comes into force,

b

otherwise, before the end of the period specified in relation to the authority concerned.

4

A relevant authority’s good food nation plan must set out—

a

the main outcomes in relation to food-related issues which the relevant authority wants to be achieved within the relevant authority’s areas of responsibility,

b

indicators or other measures by which progress in achieving the outcomes may be assessed, and

c

the policies which the relevant authority intends to pursue in order to secure the achievement of the outcomes.

5

A relevant authority’s good food nation plan may include such other material in relation to food-related issues as the relevant authority considers appropriate.

6

In determining the content of its good food nation plan, a relevant authority must have regard to the scope for food-related issues to affect outcomes in relation to, among other things—

a

social and economic wellbeing,

b

the environment, including in particular in relation to—

i

climate change, and

ii

wildlife and the natural environment,

c

health and physical and mental wellbeing (including in particular through the provision of health and social care services),

d

economic development,

e

animal welfare,

f

education,

g

child poverty, and

h

any other matter specified by the Scottish Ministers.