5The chief constable must, as soon as possible after the end of each reporting year—
(a)submit to the Police Authority a report on the policing carried out by the Constabulary during that year; and
(b)arrange for the report to be published in such manner as appears to him to be appropriate.
6(1)Whenever he is required to do so by the Police Authority, the chief constable must submit to it a report—
(a)on such matters connected with policing by the Constabulary, and
(b)in such form,
as it may specify.
(2)The Police Authority may—
(a)arrange for a report submitted to it under this paragraph to be published in such manner as appears to it to be appropriate; or
(b)require the chief constable to arrange for it to be published in that manner.
(3)If it appears to the chief constable that a report required from him under this paragraph would contain—
(a)information which, in the public interest, ought not to be disclosed, or
(b)information which is not needed by the Police Authority for the carrying out of its functions,
he may request the Police Authority to refer its requirement for a report to the Secretary of State.
(4)Where a request is made under sub-paragraph (3), the requirement for the report has effect only to the extent that it is confirmed by the Secretary of State.
7(1)As soon as possible after the end of each reporting year, the Police Authority must issue a report relating to the policing carried out by the Constabulary during that year (an “annual report”).
(2)The annual report must include an assessment of the extent to which, during that year, proposals have been implemented and things have been done in accordance with—
(a)the three-year strategy plan most recently issued for a period in which that year ends; and
(b)the annual policing plan issued—
(i)in the case of the first annual report, for every financial year the whole or a part of which is included in the reporting year; and
(ii)in any other case, for the financial year that coincides with the reporting year.
(3)The Police Authority must send a copy of each annual report to the Secretary of State.
(4)Where the Secretary of State receives a copy of the Police Authority’s annual report for any year, he must—
(a)lay it before Parliament; and
(b)arrange for it to be published in such manner as appears to him to be appropriate.
8(1)The Secretary of State may at any time require the Police Authority to submit to him a report on such matters connected with—
(a)the carrying out of its functions, or
(b)policing by the Constabulary,
as he may specify.
(2)The Secretary of State may at any time require the chief constable to submit to him a report on such matters connected with policing by the Constabulary as the Secretary of State may specify.
(3)If the Secretary of State specifies a particular form for a report under this paragraph, the report must be submitted in that form.
(4)Where a report is submitted to the Secretary of State under this paragraph, he may—
(a)arrange for it to be published in such manner as appears to him to be appropriate; or
(b)require the person submitting the report to arrange for it to be published in that manner.
9(1)In this Part of this Schedule “reporting year”, in relation to the Police Authority or the chief constable, means—
(a)the initial reporting year; or
(b)a financial year after the end of the initial reporting year.
(2)In this paragraph “the initial reporting year” means—
(a)where the Police Authority is established at the beginning of a financial year, that financial year; and
(b)in any other case, the period which begins with the day on which the Police Authority is established and ends—
(i)if no direction is given under sub-paragraph (ii), with 31st March in the financial year current on that day; and
(ii)if the Secretary of State so directs, with 31st March at the end of the following financial year.