Regulation 5 Reports to the Secretary of StateI1

England and Wales

F1(1)

As soon as practicable after the end of each of the IOPC’s financial years, the Director General and the IOPC shall also jointly make a report to the Secretary of State on the carrying out of its functions under these Regulations during that year.

(2)

The F2Director General shall also make such reports to the Secretary of State about matters relating generally to the carrying out of F3the Director General’s functions under these Regulations as the Secretary of State may, from time to time, require.

(3)

The Director General may, from time to time, make such other reports to the Secretary of State as F4the Director General considers appropriate for drawing the Secretary of State’s attention to matters which—

(a)

have come to the F5Director General’s notice, and

(b)

are matters that the Director General considers should be drawn to the Secretary of State’s attention by reason of their gravity or other exceptional circumstances.

(4)

The Director General shall prepare such reports containing advice and recommendations as the Director General thinks appropriate for the purpose of carrying out the Director General’s function under regulation 3(1)(e) (general functions of the Director General).

(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 F6IOPC shall send a copy of every annual report under paragraph (1) to every police and crime panel.

(7)

The Director General 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 Director General to be concerned.

(8)

The Director General 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 Director General shall send a copy of every report made or prepared by the Director General 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 Director General otherwise to have a particular interest in its contents.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 5(1) substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), regs. 1, 21(7)(a) (with reg. 37)
F2: Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), reg. 21(2)(a) (with regs. 21(3), 37)
F3: Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), reg. 21(2)(d) (with regs. 21(3), 37)
F4: Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), reg. 21(2)(c) (with regs. 21(3), 37)
F5: Words in Regulations substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), reg. 21(2)(b) (with regs. 21(3), 37)
F6: Word in reg. 5(6) substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), regs. 1, 21(7)(b) (with reg. 37)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 5 in force at 16.1.2012, see reg. 1