# The Elected Local Policing Bodies (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2011, Regulation 5: Reports to the Secretary of State


(1) As soon as practicable after the end of each of its financial years, the Commission shall make a report to the Secretary of State on the carrying out of its functions under these Regulations during that year.
(2) The Commission shall also make such reports to the Secretary of State about matters relating generally to the carrying out of its functions under these Regulations as the Secretary of State may, from time to time, require.
(3) The Commission may, from time to time, make such other reports to the Secretary of State as it considers appropriate for drawing the Secretary of State’s attention to matters which—
(a) have come to the Commission’s notice, and
(b) are matters that it considers should be drawn to the Secretary of State’s attention by reason of their gravity or other exceptional circumstances.
(4) The Commission shall prepare such reports containing advice and recommendations as it thinks appropriate for the purpose of carrying out its function under regulation 3(1)(e) (general functions of the Commission).
(5) Where the Secretary of State receives any report under this regulation, the Secretary of State shall—
(a) in the case of every annual report under paragraph (1), and
(b) in the case of any other report, if and to the extent that the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to do so,
lay a copy before Parliament and cause the report to be published.
(6) The Commission shall send a copy of every annual report under paragraph (1) to every police and crime panel.
(7) The Commission shall send a copy of every report under paragraph (3) to—
(a) any police and crime panel; and
(b) any relevant office holder,
that appears to the Commission to be concerned.
(8) The Commission shall send a copy of every report under paragraph (4) to—
(a) the Secretary of State; and
(b) every police and crime panel.
(9) The Commission shall send a copy of every report made or prepared by it under paragraph (3) or (4) to such of the persons (in addition to those specified in the preceding paragraphs) who—
(a) are referred to in the report, or
(b) appear to the Commission otherwise to have a particular interest in its contents.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111516843/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-elected-local-policing-bodies-complaints-and-misconduct-regulations-2011/regulation-5
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