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(13) Every written authorisation shall specify—
 * (a) the name of the officer giving it;
 * (b) the purpose of the road check; and
 * (c) the locality in which vehicles are to be stopped.

(14) The duties to specify the purposes of a road check imposed by subsections (9) and (13) above include duties to specify any relevant serious arrestable offence.

(15) Where a vehicle is stopped in a road check, the person in charge of the vehicle at the time when it is stopped shall be entitled to obtain a written statement of the purpose of the road check if he applies for such a statement not later than the end of the period of twelve months from the day on which the vehicle was stopped.

(16) Nothing in this section affects the exercise by police officers of any power to stop vehicles for purposes other than those specified in subsection (1) above.

5.—(1) Every annual report—
 * (a) under section 12 of the Police Act 1964; or
 * (b) made by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,

shall contain information—
 * (i) about searches recorded under section 3 above which have been carried out in the area to which the report relates during the period to which it relates; and
 * (ii) about road checks authorised in that area during that period under section 4 above..

(2) The information about searches shall not include information about specific searches but shall include—
 * (a) the total numbers of searches in each month during the period to which the report relates-
 * (i) for stolen articles;
 * (ii) for offensive weapons; and
 * (iii) for other prohibited articles;
 * (b) the total number of persons arrested in each such month in consequence of searches of each of the descriptions specified in paragraph (a)(i) to (iii) above.

(3) The information about road checks shall include information—
 * (a) about the reason for authorising each road check; and
 * (b) about the result of each of them.