SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12Planning and reports about Constabulary

Part 2Reports

Annual report by Police Authority

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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 F1... 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.