Section 71 Obtaining reports from policeI1
England, Wales and Scotland Not yet in force
(1)
The Secretary of State may, by regulations, require a chief officer of police to report to an inspector incidents which—
(a)
occur in the area of the chief officer’s police force, and
(b)
are of a description set out in the regulations.
(2)
Regulations under this section may limit the requirement to cases in which an inspector requests a report.
(3)
Regulations under this section must be framed with the intention that only relevant incidents, or incidents that may be found to be relevant incidents, will be reported.
(4)
Regulations under this section may contain provision about the timing, form and contents of reports.
Annotations
Commencement
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S. 71 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 99(1)