7(1)As soon as possible after the end of each reporting year, the Police Authority must issue a report relating to the policing carried out by the Constabulary during that year (an “annual report”).
(2)The annual report must include an assessment of the extent to which, during that year, proposals have been implemented and things have been done in accordance with—
(a)the three-year strategy plan most recently issued for a period in which that year ends; and
(b)the annual policing plan issued—
(i)in the case of the first annual report, for every financial year the whole or a part of which is included in the reporting year; and
(ii)in any other case, for the financial year that coincides with the reporting year.
(3)The Police Authority must send a copy of each annual report to the Secretary of State.
(4)Where the Secretary of State receives a copy of the Police Authority’s annual report for any year, he must—
(a)lay it before Parliament; and
(b)arrange for it to be published in such manner as appears to him to be appropriate.