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(1)The Authority shall, at the request of the Secretary of State, report to him on such matters relating generally to their functions as the Secretary of State may specify, and the Authority may for that purpose carry out research into any such matters.
(2)The Authority may make a report to the Secretary of State on any matters coming to their notice under this Chapter to which they consider that his attention should be drawn by reason of their gravity or of other exceptional circumstances.
(3)The Authority shall send a copy of any report under subsection (2)—
(a)to the police authority and the chief officer of police of any police force which appears to the Authority to be concerned, or
(b)if the report concerns a body of constables such as is mentioned in section 78, to the authority maintaining it and the officer having the direction and the control of it.
(4)As soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year the Authority shall make to the Secretary of State a report on the discharge of their functions during that year.
(5)The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament a copy of every report received by him under this section and shall cause every such report to be published.
(6)The Authority shall send to each police authority—
(a)a copy of every report made under subsection (4), and
(b)any statistical or other general information—
(i)which relates to the year dealt with by the report and to the area of that police authority, and
(ii)which the Authority consider should be brought to the police authority’s attention in connection with its functions under section 77.
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