Regulation 7 Reports to the Secretary of StateI1

United Kingdom

F1(1)

As soon as practicable after the end of each of the IOPC’s financial years, the Director General and the IOPC must jointly make a report to the Secretary of State on the carrying out of their 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 of 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 6(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 of the report before Parliament and cause the report to be published.

F6(6)

The IOPC must send a copy of every report under paragraph (1) to the Secretary of State and the relevant appropriate authority.

(6A)

The Director General must send a copy of every report under paragraphs (3) and (4) to the Secretary of State and the relevant appropriate authority.

(7)

The Director General shall send a copy of every report made or prepared by the Director General under paragraphs (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,

as the Director General thinks fit.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 7(1) substituted (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), regs. 1, 17(8)(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), regs. 1, 17(2)(c) (with regs. 17(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), regs. 1, 17(2)(f) (with regs. 17(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), regs. 1, 17(2)(e) (with regs. 17(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), regs. 1, 17(2)(d) (with regs. 17(3), 37)
F6: Reg. 7(6)(6A) substituted for reg. 7(6) (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), regs. 1, 17(8)(b) (with reg. 37)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 7 in force at 7.4.2010, see reg. 1(1)