Part 4—The Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner
the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland an annual report on the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions during the year.
(9) An annual report must include—
- (a) an assessment of the extent to which the Commissioner’s objectives and priorities have been met in that year;
- (b) a statement of the matters on which the Commissioner has reported under section 41(3)(a) during the year;
- (c) a statement of the other activities the Commissioner has undertaken during the year in the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions.
(10) The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament—
- (a) any strategic plan the Secretary of State approves, and
- (b) any annual report the Secretary of State receives,
and must do so as soon as reasonably practicable after approving the plan or receiving the report.
(11) The Scottish Ministers must lay before the Scottish Parliament—
- (a) any strategic plan the Secretary of State approves, and
- (b) any annual report they receive,
and must do so as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving the plan or the report.
(12) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland must lay before the Northern Ireland Assembly—
- (a) any strategic plan the Secretary of State approves, and
- (b) any annual report it receives,
and must do so as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving the plan or the report.
(13) An annual report laid under any of subsections (10) to (12) must not contain material removed from the report under any of subsections (14) to (17).
(14) The Secretary of State may remove from an annual report any material whose publication the Secretary of State thinks—
- (a) would be against the interests of national security,
- (b) might jeopardise the safety of any person in England and Wales, or
- (c) might prejudice the investigation or prosecution of an offence under the law of England and Wales.
(15) The Scottish Ministers may remove from an annual report any material whose publication the Scottish Ministers think—
- (a) might jeopardise the safety of any person in Scotland, or
- (b) might prejudice the investigation of an offence under the law of Scotland.
(16) The Lord Advocate may remove from an annual report any material whose publication the Lord Advocate thinks might prejudice the prosecution of an offence under the law of Scotland.
(17) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may remove from an annual report any material whose publication the department thinks—
- (a) might jeopardise the safety of any person in Northern Ireland, or
- (b) might prejudice the investigation or prosecution of an offence under the law of Northern Ireland.
