Part 1

Police reform
CHAPTER 3

Functions of elected local policing bodies etc

Information, consultation etc

Annual reports
12
1
Each elected local policing body must produce a report (an “annual report”) on—
a
the exercise of the body’s functions in each financial year, and
b
the progress which has been made in the financial year in meeting the police and crime objectives in the body’s police and crime plan.
2
As soon as practicable after producing an annual report, the elected local policing body must send the report to the relevant police and crime panel.
3
The elected local policing body must attend before the panel at the public meeting arranged by the panel in accordance with section 28(4), to—
a
present the report to the panel, and
b
answer the panel’s questions on the report.
4
The elected local policing body must—
a
give the panel a response to any report or recommendations on the annual report (see section 28(4)), and
b
publish any such response.
5
It is for the police and crime panel to determine the manner in which a response to a report or recommendations is to be published in accordance with subsection (4)(b).
6
An elected local policing body must arrange for each annual report to be published.
7
It is for the elected local policing body to determine the manner in which an annual report is to be published.