Part 4—The Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
- (b) might prejudice the investigation of an offence under the law of Scotland.
(9) The Lord Advocate may direct the Commissioner to omit from any report before publication any material whose publication the Lord Advocate thinks might prejudice the prosecution of an offence under the law of Scotland.
(10) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may direct the Commissioner to omit from any report before publication any material whose publication the department thinks—
- (a) might jeopardise the safety of any person in Northern Ireland, or
- (b) might prejudice the investigation or prosecution of an offence under the law of Northern Ireland.
(11) If the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers or the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland lay before Parliament, the Scottish Parliament or the Northern Ireland Assembly a report made by the Commissioner under subsection (3)(a), they must lay the report as it is published by the Commissioner under subsection (6).
42Strategic plans and annual reports
(1) The Commissioner must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Commissioner’s appointment, prepare a strategic plan and submit it to the Secretary of State for approval.
(2) The Commissioner must, before the end of the period to which a strategic plan relates (“the current period”), prepare a strategic plan for a period immediately following the current period and submit it to the Secretary of State for approval.
(3) The Commissioner may at any time prepare a revised strategic plan and submit it to the Secretary of State for approval.
(4) A strategic plan is a plan setting out how the Commissioner proposes to exercise the Commissioner’s functions in the period to which the plan relates, which must be not less than one year and not more than three years.
(5) A strategic plan must in particular—
- (a) state the Commissioner’s objectives and priorities for the period to which the plan relates;
- (b) state any matters on which the Commissioner proposes to report under section 41(3)(a) during that period;
- (c) state any other activities the Commissioner proposes to undertake during that period in the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions.
(6) The Secretary of State may approve a strategic plan either without modifications or with modifications agreed with the Commissioner.
(7) The Secretary of State must—
- (a) before approving a strategic plan, consult the Scottish Ministers and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland, and
- (b) after approving a strategic plan, send a copy of the plan to the Scottish Ministers and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.
(8) As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each financial year the Commissioner must submit to the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers and
