LegalizePolice Act 1997
Part I — The National Criminal Intelligence Service
The Service Authority
The Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service.
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Functions
General functions of the NCIS Service Authority and NCIS.
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Objectives.
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Service plans.
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Annual reports.
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Director General and other members
Appointment of Director General.
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Removal of Director General by the Authority.
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Deputy Director General.
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Members of NCIS.
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Removal of certain members appointed under section 9
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Functions of Director General
General function of Director General.
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Reports by Director General to the Authority.
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Responsibility for co-ordination of police and Security Service activities.
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Service Authority’s officers and employees
Officers and employees.
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Appointment of clerk.
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Appointment of persons not employed by the NCIS Service Authority.
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Financial provisions
NCIS service fund.
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Budget statement
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Grants from the Secretary of State
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Provision supplemental to section 17
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Financing by the Scottish Ministers
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Charges.
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Acceptance of gifts and loans.
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Pensions and gratuities.
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Accounts
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General provisions
Collaboration agreements.
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Aid by and for NCIS.
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Provision of special services.
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Central supervision and direction
General duty of the Secretary of State and the Scottish Ministers
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Setting of objectives.
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Setting of performance targets.
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Codes of practice.
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Codes of practice for Director General of NCIS
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Removal of Director General etc.
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Power to give directions to NCIS Service Authority
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Reports from NCIS Service Authority.
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Power to give directions as to action plans
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Procedure for giving directions by the Secretary of State
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Procedure for giving directions by the Scottish Ministers
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Reports from Director General.
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Criminal statistics.
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Inquiries.
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Regulations for NCIS
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Regulations as to standard of equipment.
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Common services.
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Discipline and complaints
Discipline regulations.
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Appeals.
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Complaints.
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Information as to the manner of dealing with complaints etc.
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Miscellaneous
Arrangements for consultation.
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Liability for wrongful acts of constables etc.
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Causing disaffection.
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Orders governing NCIS Service Authority.
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General
Orders and regulations.
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Interpretation of Part I.
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Part II — The National Crime Squad
The Service Authority
The Service Authority for the National Crime Squad.
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Functions
General functions of the NCS Service Authority and the National Crime Squad.
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Objectives.
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Service plans.
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Annual reports.
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Director General and other members
Appointment of Director General.
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Removal of Director General by the Authority.
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Deputy Director General.
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Members of the National Crime Squad.
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Removal of certain members appointed under section 55
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Functions of Director General
General function of Director General.
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Reports by Director General to the Authority.
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Service Authority’s officers and employees
Officers and employees.
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Appointment of clerk.
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Appointment of persons not employed by the NCS Service Authority.
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Financial provisions
NCS service fund.
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Budget statement
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Grants from the Secretary of State
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Provision supplemental to section 62
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Initial financing of NCS Service Authority.
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Charges.
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Acceptance of gifts and loans.
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Pensions and gratuities.
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Accounts
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Revenue accounts and capital finance.
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Financial administration.
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Special services
Provision of special services.
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Central supervision and direction
General duty of Secretary of State.
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Setting of objectives.
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Setting of performance targets.
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Codes of practice.
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Codes of practice for Director General of NCS
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Removal of Director General etc.
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Power to give directions to NCS Service Authority
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Reports from NCS Service Authority.
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Power to give directions as to action plans
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Procedure for giving directions under sections 75 and 76A
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Reports from Director General.
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Criminal statistics.
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Inquiries.
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Regulations for NCS
79A
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Regulations as to standard of equipment.
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Regulation of procedures and practices
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Discipline and complaints
Discipline regulations.
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Appeals.
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Complaints.
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Information as to the manner of dealing with complaints etc.
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Miscellaneous
Arrangements for consultation.
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Liability for wrongful acts of constables etc.
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Causing disaffection.
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Application to NCS Service Authority of local authority enactments.
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Schedule 6 (which amends local authority enactments applying to police authorities so as to apply those enactments in a similar way to the NCS Service Authority) shall have effect.
General
Orders and regulations.
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Interpretation of Part II.
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Part III — Authorisation of Action in Respect of Property
The Commissioners
The Commissioners.
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Authorisations
Effect of authorisation under Part III.
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No entry on or interference with property or with wireless telegraphy shall be unlawful if it is authorised by an authorisation having effect under this Part.
Authorisations to interfere with property etc.
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- (1) Where subsection (2) applies, an authorising officer may authorise—
- (a) the taking of such action, in respect of such property in the relevant area, as he may specify,
- (ab) the taking of such action falling within subsection (1A), in respect of property outside the relevant area, as he may specify, or
- (b) the taking of such action in the relevant area as he may specify, in respect of wireless telegraphy.
- (1A) The action falling within this subsection is action for maintaining or retrieving any equipment, apparatus or device the placing or use of which in the relevant area has been authorised under this Part or the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 or Part II of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 or under any enactment contained in or made under an Act of the Scottish Parliament which makes provision equivalent to that made by Part II of that Act of 2000.
- (1B) Subsection (1) applies where the authorising officer is a National Crime Agency officer giving an authorisation on an application made by virtue of subsection (3)(b)(i), an officer of Revenue and Customs , an immigration officer or the chair of the Competition and Markets Authority with the omission of—
- (a) the words “in the relevant area”, in each place where they occur; and
- (b) paragraph (ab).
- (2) This subsection applies where the authorising officer believes—
- (a) that it is necessary for the action specified to be taken for the purpose of preventing or detecting —
- (i) serious crime, or
- (ii) the use of an unmanned aircraft in the commission of a relevant offence, and
- (b) that the taking of the action is proportionate to what the action seeks to achieve.
- (2A) Subsection (2) applies where the authorising officer is the Chief Constable or the Deputy Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland as if the reference in subsection (2)(a) to preventing or detecting serious crime included a reference to the interests of national security.
- (2AA) Where the authorising officer is the chair of the Competition and Markets Authority, the only purpose falling within subsection (2)(a) is the purpose of preventing or detecting an offence under section 188 of the Enterprise Act 2002.
- (2AB) Where the authorising officer is the Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, the only purpose falling within subsection (2)(a) is the purpose of preventing or detecting the use of an unmanned aircraft in the commission of a relevant offence.
- (2AC) In the case of an England and Wales prison authorisation, the only purpose falling within subsection (2)(a) is the purpose of preventing or detecting the use of an unmanned aircraft in the commission of a relevant offence.
- (2AD) In the case of a Northern Ireland prison authorisation, the only purpose falling within subsection (2)(a) is the purpose of preventing or detecting the use of an unmanned aircraft in the commission of a relevant offence.
- (2AE) In the case of a Scottish penal institution authorisation, the only purpose falling within subsection (2)(a) is the purpose of preventing or detecting the use of an unmanned aircraft in the commission of a relevant offence.
- (2B) The matters to be taken into account in considering whether the requirements of subsection (2) are satisfied in the case of any authorisation shall include whether what it is thought necessary to achieve by the authorised action could reasonably be achieved by other means.
- (3) An authorising officer shall not give an authorisation under this section except on an application made—
- (za) if the authorising officer is within subsection (5)(a) to (c)—
- (i) by a member of the officer's police force; ...
- (ii) in a case where the chief officer of police of that force (“the authorising force”) has made an agreement under section 22A of the Police Act 1996 with the chief officer of police of one or more other police forces, by a member of a collaborative force; or
- (iii) in a case where the chief officer of police of the authorising force has made an agreement under that section with the Director General of the National Crime Agency, by a National Crime Agency officer (but see subsection (3AA));
- (zb) if the authorising officer is within subsection (5)(d), by a constable of the Police Service of Scotland;
- (a) if the authorising officer is within subsection (5)(e), (ea) or (ee), by a member of his police force,
- (aa) if the authorising officer is within subsection (5)(eb) to (ed), by a member, as the case may be, of the Royal Navy Police, the Royal Military Police or the Royal Air Force Police;
- (aaa) if the authorising officer is within subsection (5)(eda), by a member of the tri-service serious crime unit;
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