# Police (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, Article 17: Reports


(1) The Commission shall, at the request of the Secretary of State, report to him on such matters relating generally to its functions as the Secretary of State may specify, and the Commission may for that purpose carry out research into any such matters.
(2) The Commission may make a report to the Secretary of State on any matters coming to its notice under this part to which it considers that his attention should be drawn by reason of their gravity or of other exceptional circumstances; and the Commission shall send a copy of any such report to the Police Authority and to the Chief Constable or, if the report concerns any such body of constables as is mentioned in Article 16, to the authority maintaining it and the officer having the direction and the control of it.
(3) As soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year the Commision shall make to the Secretary of State a report on the discharge of its functions during that year.
(4) The Commission shall keep under review the working of Articles 4 to 16 and shall make to the Secretary of State a report on it at least once in every three years after the coming into force of this Article.
(5) The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament a copy of every report received by him under this Article and shall cause every such report to be published.
(6) The Commission shall send to the Police Authority—
(a) a copy of every report made by the Commission under paragraph (3); and
(b) any statistical or other general information which relates to the year dealt with by the report and which the Commission considers should be brought to the Police Authority's attention in connection with its functions under Article 15.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/938/article/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-order-1987/article-17
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