The Secretary of State may require any chief constable to submit to him a report on such matters as may be specified in the requirement, being matters connected with the policing of his area.

A requirement under subsection (1) of this section may specify the form in which a report is to be given.

The Secretary of State may arrange, or require the chief constable to arrange, for a report under this section to be published in such manner as the Secretary of State thinks fit.

Every chief constable shall, as soon as possible after the end of each F2financial year, submit to the Secretary of State the like report as is required by subsection (1) of section 12 of this Act to be submitted to the police authority.

This section shall apply to the City of London police force as if for references to a chief constable there were substituted references to the Commissioner.