HC Deb 07 June 1976 vol 912 c1044

Amendments made: No. 37, in page 5, line 41, at end insert: '(1A) The Board may make to the Secretary of State a report on any matters coming to their notice to which they consider that his attention should be drawn by reason of their gravity or of other exceptional circumstances; and the Board shall send a copy of any such report to the police authority and the chief officer of police of any police force which appears to the Board to be concerned or, if the report concerns any such body of constables as is mentioned in section 6 above, to the authority maintaining, and the officer having the direction and control of, that body of constables.'

No. 38, in page 6, line 4, at end insert 'and the report shall contain a statement of any guidance given to them in that year under section 3(7) above '.

No. 39, in page 6, line 7, at end insert: '(4) The Board shall send to every police authority—

  1. (a) a copy of every report made by the Board under subsection (2) above; and
  2. (b) any statistical or other general information relating to the year dealt with by the report and the area of that authority which the Board consider should be brought to the authority's attention in connection with their functions under section 50 of the Police Act 1964.
(5) The Board shall keep under review the working of this Part of this Act and make to the Secretary of State a report thereon at least once in every three years after the coming into force of this section.'—[Dr. Summerskill.]

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