Part III

District and community policing arrangements

Police districts

Reports by Belfast district policing partnership to Board
21D
1
The district policing partnership for Belfast shall, whenever so required by the Board, submit to the Board a report on any matter which is specified in the requirement and is connected with the exercise of—
a
its functions, or
b
the functions of a sub-group established under section 21.
2
A report under this section shall be made—
a
in such form as may be specified in the requirement under subsection (1); and
b
within the required period or such longer period as may be agreed between the district policing partnership and the Board.
3
The required period is—
a
4 months from the date on which the requirement under subsection (1) is made, if the requirement relates wholly or in part to the functions of a sub-group;
b
3 months fromthe date on which the requirement under subsection (1) is made, in any other case.
4
When the district policing partnership submits its report under subsection (1) it shall at the same time send to the Board copies of any related sub-group report.
5
The Board may arrange for the publication, in such manner as appears to the Board to be appropriate, of—
a
a report submitted under subsection (1);
b
a related sub-group report.
6
A “sub-group report” is a report submitted to the district policing partnership under section 21C.
7
A sub-group report is related to a report submitted in pursuance of a requirement under subsection (1) if the district policing partnership imposed the requirement to submit the sub-group report to enable it to comply with the requirement under subsection (1).
S. 21D inserted (4.9.2007) by Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6), s. 19, Sch. 1 para. 9; S.R. 2007/371, art. 2(c)