SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12Planning and reports about Constabulary

Part 2Reports

Meaning of “reporting year”

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(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.