Part 2U.K.Complaints and Misconduct

[F1The Independent Office for Police Conduct]U.K.

11 Reports to the Secretary of StateU.K.

(1)As soon as practicable after the end of each of [F2the Office's] financial years, the [F3Director General and the Office must jointly] make a report to the Secretary of State on the carrying out of [F4their] functions during that year.

[F5(2)The Secretary of State may also require reports to be made (at any time)—

(a)by the Director General about the carrying out of the Director General's functions,

(b)by the Office about the carrying out of the Office's functions, or

(c)jointly by the Director General and the Office about the carrying out of their functions.]

[F6(2A)The Director General may, from time to time, make such other reports to the Secretary of State as the Director General considers appropriate for drawing the Secretary of State's attention to matters which—

(a)have come to the Director General's notice, and

(b)are matters which the Director General considers should be drawn to the attention of the Secretary of State by reason of their gravity or of other exceptional circumstances.]

(3)The [F7Office] may, from time to time, make such other reports to the Secretary of State as it considers appropriate for drawing his attention to matters which—

(a)have come to the [F8Office's] notice; and

(b)are matters that it considers should be drawn to his attention by reason of their gravity or of other exceptional circumstances.

[F9(3A)The Director General and the Office may jointly make reports under subsections (2A) and (3).]

(4)The [F10Director General] shall prepare such reports containing advice and recommendations as [F11the Director General] thinks appropriate for the purpose of carrying out—

(a)[F12the Director General's] function under subsection (1)(e) of section 10; or

(b)any corresponding function conferred on [F11the Director General] by virtue of subsection (1)(f) of that section.

(5)Where the Secretary of State receives any report under this section, he shall—

(a)in the case of every annual report under subsection (1), and

(b)in the case of any other report, if and to the extent that he considers it appropriate to do so,

lay a copy of the report before Parliament and cause the report to be published.

(6)The [F13Office] shall send a copy of every annual report under subsection (1)—

(a)to every [F14local policing body];

F15(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F16(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)to every authority that is maintaining a body of constables in relation to which any procedures are for the time being in force by virtue of any agreement or order under section 26 or by virtue of subsection (9) of that section[F17; and

F18(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F19(f)to the National Crime Agency.]

[F20(6A)The Director General must send a copy of every report under subsection (2A) —

(a)to any local policing body that appears to the Director General to be concerned, and

(b)to the chief officer of police of any police force that appears to the Director General to be concerned.]

(7)The [F21Office] shall send a copy of every report under subsection (3)—

(a)to any [F22local policing body] that appears to the [F21Office] to be concerned; and

(b)to the chief officer of police of any police force that appears to it to be concerned.

[F23(8)Where a report under subsection [F24(2A) or] (3) relates to the [F25National Crime Agency], the [F26Director General or the Office (as the case may be)] shall send a copy of that report to the Agency.]

(9)Where a report under subsection [F27(2A) or] (3) relates to a body of constables maintained by an authority other than a [F28local policing body], the [F29Director General or the Office (as the case may be)] shall send a copy of that report—

(a)to that authority; and

(b)to the person having the direction and control of that body of constables.

F30(9A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(10)The [F31Director General] shall send a copy of every report under subsection (4)to—

(a)the Secretary of State;

(b)every [F32local policing body];

(c)every chief officer;

F33(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F34(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f)every authority that is maintaining a body of constables in relation to which any procedures are for the time being in force by virtue of any agreement or order under section 26 or by virtue of subsection (9) of that section; F35. . .

(g)every person who has the direction and control of such a body of constables[F36; F37...

F38(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .][F39; and

(i)the National Crime Agency.]

(11)The [F40Director General] shall send a copy of every report made or prepared by [F41the Director General] under subsection [F42(2A)] or (4) to such of the persons (in addition to those specified in the preceding subsections) who—

(a)are referred to in the report, or

(b)appear to the [F40Director General] otherwise to have a particular interest in its contents,

as the [F40Director General] thinks fit.

[F43(12)The Office must send a copy of every report made or prepared by it under subsection (3) to such of the persons (in addition to those specified in the preceding subsections) who—

(a)are referred to in the report, or

(b)appear to the Office otherwise to have a particular interest in its contents,

as the Office thinks fit.

(13)Where a report under subsection (2A) or (3) is prepared jointly by virtue of subsection (3A), a duty under this section to send a copy of the report to any person is met if either the Director General or the Office sends a copy to that person.]