|
| |
|
Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18) |
| |
3 | In section 83BC(2) of the Army Act 1955 (police forces which may be advised |
| |
by prosecuting authority) omit paragraph (k). |
| |
Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19) |
| |
4 | In section 83BC(2) of the Air Force Act 1955 (police forces which may be |
| 5 |
advised by prosecuting authority) omit paragraph (k). |
| |
Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53) |
| |
5 | In section 52IJ(2) of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (police forces which may |
| |
be advised by prosecuting authority) omit paragraph (k). |
| |
Public Records Act 1958 (c. 51) |
| 10 |
6 | In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition of public records) in |
| |
Part 2 of the Table at the end of paragraph 3— |
| |
(a) | at the appropriate place insert— |
| |
“Serious Organised Crime Agency.”; and |
| |
(b) | omit the entries relating to the Service Authorities for the National |
| 15 |
Crime Squad and the National Criminal Intelligence Service. |
| |
Trustee Investments Act 1961 (c. 62) |
| |
7 | The Trustee Investments Act 1961 has effect subject to the following |
| |
| |
8 | In section 11(4) (local authority investment schemes)— |
| 20 |
(a) | in paragraph (a) omit “, the Service Authority for the National Crime |
| |
| |
| |
9 | In Part 2 of Schedule 1 (narrower-range investments requiring advice) omit |
| |
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Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 (c. 41) |
| |
10 | In section 90(4) of the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act 1963 |
| |
(persons taken to be employed for the purposes of the Act)— |
| |
(a) | at the end of paragraph (c) insert “or”; and |
| |
(b) | for paragraph (d) substitute— |
| 30 |
“(d) | a member of a police force seconded to the Serious |
| |
Organised Crime Agency to serve as a member of its |
| |
| |
Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13) |
| |
11 | In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (departments etc. |
| 35 |
subject to investigation) omit the entries relating to the Service Authorities |
| |
for the National Crime Squad and the National Criminal Intelligence |
| |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77) |
| |
12 | The Police (Scotland) Act 1967 has effect subject to the following |
| |
| |
13 | In section 33 (inspectors of constabulary), in subsections (3) and (4), omit |
| |
“and the National Criminal Intelligence Service”. |
| 5 |
14 (1) | Section 38A (constables engaged on service outside their force) is amended |
| |
| |
| |
(a) | omit paragraph (ba), and |
| |
(b) | after paragraph (bb) insert— |
| 10 |
“(bc) | relevant service as a member of the staff of the Serious |
| |
Organised Crime Agency on which a person is |
| |
engaged with the consent of the appropriate |
| |
| |
(3) | In subsection (6)(a) for “(ba) or (bb), (e) or (f)” substitute “(bb), (bc), (e) or (f)”. |
| 15 |
15 | In section 39(4) (liability for wrongful acts of constables) for “section 23 of the |
| |
Police Act 1997” substitute “section 24 or 25 of the Serious Organised Crime |
| |
| |
16 | In section 41(4)(a) (assaults on constables) omit “or by a member of the |
| |
National Criminal Intelligence Service or of the National Crime Squad”. |
| 20 |
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (c. 88) |
| |
17 | In section 28(5) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (bodies retaining or |
| |
resuming land required for public services) omit paragraph (bc). |
| |
Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27) |
| |
18 | In section 54(3)(c) of the Firearms Act 1968 (application of Parts 1 and 2 to |
| 25 |
crown servants) for “National Criminal Intelligence Service or the National |
| |
Crime Squad” substitute “staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency”. |
| |
Employment Agencies Act 1973 (c. 35) |
| |
19 | In section 13(7) of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (interpretation), in |
| |
paragraph (f), omit “, the Service Authority for the National Criminal |
| 30 |
Intelligence Service, the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad”. |
| |
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) |
| |
20 | In section 51A(2) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (application |
| |
of Part 1 of the Act to the police) for paragraph (b) substitute— |
| |
“(b) | in relation to a member of a police force seconded to the |
| 35 |
Serious Organised Crime Agency to serve as a member of its |
| |
staff, means that Agency, and”. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 20) |
| |
21 | In section 12(1) of the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975 (restriction of |
| |
functions of justices who are councillors etc.) after “authority” insert “or a |
| |
member of staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency”. |
| |
House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24) |
| 5 |
22 | The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 has effect subject to the |
| |
| |
23 | In section 1(1) (disqualification for membership of House of Commons) omit |
| |
| |
24 (1) | Schedule 1 (disqualifying offices) is amended as follows. |
| 10 |
| |
(a) | at the appropriate place insert— |
| |
“The Serious Organised Crime Agency.”; and |
| |
(b) | omit the entries relating to the Service Authorities for the National |
| |
Crime Squad and the National Criminal Intelligence Service. |
| 15 |
(3) | In Part 3, at the appropriate place insert— |
| |
“Member of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.” |
| |
Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25) |
| |
25 | The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 has effect subject |
| |
to the following amendments. |
| 20 |
26 | In section 1(1) (disqualification for membership of Assembly) omit |
| |
| |
27 (1) | Schedule 1 (disqualifying offices) is amended as follows. |
| |
| |
(a) | at the appropriate place insert— |
| 25 |
“The Serious Organised Crime Agency.”; and |
| |
(b) | omit the entries relating to the Service Authorities for the National |
| |
Crime Squad and the National Criminal Intelligence Service. |
| |
(3) | In Part 3, at the appropriate place insert— |
| |
“Member of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.” |
| 30 |
Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65) |
| |
28 (1) | Section 17 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (police) is amended as follows. |
| |
(2) | After subsection (6) insert— |
| |
“(6A) | For the purposes of this Part, the holding of the office of constable by |
| |
a person seconded to the Serious Organised Crime Agency shall be |
| 35 |
treated as employment by the Agency as respects any act done by it |
| |
in relation to a constable or that office.” |
| |
| |
(a) | in the definition of “chief officer of police”, omit paragraph (aa); |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
(b) | in the definition of “police authority”, omit paragraph (aa); and |
| |
(c) | in the definition of “police fund”, omit the words from “, in relation |
| |
to” (in the second place where they occur) to “the Police Act 1997”. |
| |
Police Pensions Act 1976 (c. 35) |
| |
29 | The Police Pensions Act 1976 has effect subject to the following |
| 5 |
| |
30 | In section 7(2) (payment of pensions and contributions), at the beginning of |
| |
each of paragraphs (ca) to (cd), insert “an employee of SOCA and who |
| |
immediately before he became an employee of SOCA was serving as”. |
| |
31 (1) | Section 11 (interpretation) is amended as follows. |
| 10 |
(2) | In subsection (1), at the beginning of each of paragraphs (ba), (bb), (bc) and |
| |
(bd), after “service” insert “as an employee of SOCA by a person who |
| |
immediately before he became an employee of SOCA was serving”. |
| |
(3) | In subsection (2) for paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute— |
| |
“(c) | in relation to any such service as is mentioned in paragraph |
| 15 |
(ba), (bb), (bc) or (bd) of subsection (1) or any service of the |
| |
kind described in section 97(1)(cf) of the Police Act 1997 or |
| |
section 38A(1)(bc) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, it means |
| |
| |
(4) | In subsection (5), in the definition of “central service”— |
| 20 |
(a) | in paragraph (a) omit “(ca), (cb),” and after “(cc)” insert “, (cf)”, and |
| |
(b) | in paragraph (b) for “(ba) or (bb)” substitute “(bb) or (bc)”. |
| |
(5) | After the definition of “pension rights” in that subsection add— |
| |
““SOCA” means the Serious Organised Crime Agency.” |
| |
32 | Paragraphs 30 and 31 (and the corresponding entry in Schedule 17) do not |
| 25 |
affect the operation of the Police Pensions Act 1976 in relation to any |
| |
person’s service of any of the following kinds— |
| |
(a) | service as the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence |
| |
| |
(b) | service as the Director General of the National Crime Squad; |
| 30 |
(c) | service as a police member of the National Criminal Intelligence |
| |
Service appointed under subsection (1)(b) of section 9 of the Police |
| |
Act 1997 (c. 50) by virtue of subsection (2)(a) of that section; |
| |
(d) | service as a police member of the National Crime Squad appointed |
| |
under subsection (1)(b) of section 55 of the Police Act 1997 by virtue |
| 35 |
of subsection (2)(a) of that section; |
| |
(e) | relevant service within paragraph (ca) or (cb) of section 97(1) of the |
| |
| |
(f) | relevant service within section 38A(1)(ba) of the Police (Scotland) Act |
| |
| 40 |
Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74) |
| |
33 | The Race Relations Act 1976 has effect subject to the following amendments. |
| |
34 (1) | Section 76B (other police bodies) is amended as follows. |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
(3) | In subsection (2) omit the word “also”. |
| |
(4) | After subsection (2) insert— |
| |
“(2A) | Constables serving with the Serious Organised Crime Agency do not |
| |
constitute a body of constables for the purposes of subsection (2).” |
| 5 |
35 | After section 76B insert— |
| |
“76C | Serious Organised Crime Agency |
| |
For the purposes of Part 2, the holding of the office of constable by a |
| |
person seconded to the Serious Organised Crime Agency shall be |
| |
treated as employment by the Agency as respects any act done by it |
| 10 |
in relation to a constable or that office.” |
| |
36 | In Schedule 1A (bodies and other persons subject to general statutory |
| |
| |
(a) | in Part 1 omit paragraphs 59 and 60, |
| |
(b) | in Part 2 at the appropriate place under the heading “Other Bodies, |
| 15 |
| |
“The Serious Organised Crime Agency.”; and |
| |
(c) | in Part 3 omit the entry relating to the Director General of the |
| |
| |
Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1042 (N.I. 15)) |
| 20 |
37 | The Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 has effect subject to |
| |
the following amendments. |
| |
38 | In Article 84(8) (police officers) for “section 23 of the Police Act 1997” |
| |
substitute “section 24 or 25 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act |
| |
| 25 |
39 (1) | Article 85 (other police bodies) is amended as follows. |
| |
(2) | After paragraph (5) insert— |
| |
“(5A) | For the purposes of Part II, the holding of the office of constable by a |
| |
person seconded to the Serious Organised Crime Agency shall be |
| |
treated as employment by the Agency as respects any act done by it |
| 30 |
in relation to a constable or that office.” |
| |
(3) | For paragraph (6) substitute— |
| |
“(6) | In this Article in relation to any body of constables— |
| |
(a) | “chief officer of police” means the person who has the |
| |
direction and control of the body; |
| 35 |
(b) | “police authority” means the authority by which the |
| |
members of the body are paid; and |
| |
(c) | “police fund” means money provided by that authority.” |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)) |
| |
40 | In Article 47A(2) of the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order |
| |
1978 (application of Part II of the Order to the police) omit sub-paragraph |
| |
| |
Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 55) |
| 5 |
41 | In Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) |
| |
(Scotland) Act 1980 (persons ineligible for jury service) in Group B, after |
| |
| |
“(nc) | members of staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency;”. |
| |
Stock Transfer Act 1982 (c. 41) |
| 10 |
42 | In Schedule 1 to the Stock Transfer Act 1982 (securities specified for the |
| |
purposes of the Act) in paragraph 7(1)— |
| |
(a) | at the end of paragraph (b) insert “or”; and |
| |
(b) | omit paragraph (bb) and the word “or” before it. |
| |
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) |
| 15 |
43 | The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 has effect subject to the |
| |
| |
44 | In section 5 (reports of recorded searches and road checks) omit subsection |
| |
| |
45 | In section 55 (intimate searches) omit subsection (14A). |
| 20 |
46 | In section 63A(1A) (supplementary provision about fingerprints and |
| |
samples) for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute— |
| |
“(b) | the Serious Organised Crime Agency;”. |
| |
Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (c. 23) |
| |
47 (1) | Section 3 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (functions of the Director |
| 25 |
of Public Prosecutions) is amended as follows. |
| |
(2) | In subsection (3), in the definition of “police force”, omit “, the National |
| |
| |
(3) | After subsection (3) insert— |
| |
“(3A) | This section applies in relation to the Serious Organised Crime |
| 30 |
Agency and proceedings instituted by it as it applies in relation to a |
| |
police force and proceedings instituted on its behalf.” |
| |
Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987 (c. 4) |
| |
48 | The Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987 has effect subject to the following |
| |
| 35 |
49 | In section 2B(3) (constables serving with other forces), in the definitions of |
| |
“chief officer” and “relevant force”, omit paragraphs (c) and (d). |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
50 | After section 2B insert— |
| |
“2C | Constables serving with Serious Organised Crime Agency |
| |
(1) | A member of the Ministry of Defence Police serving with the Serious |
| |
Organised Crime Agency under arrangements to which subsection |
| |
| 5 |
(a) | be under the direction and control of the Serious Organised |
| |
| |
(b) | continue to be a constable. |
| |
(2) | This subsection applies to arrangements made between— |
| |
(a) | the Serious Organised Crime Agency, and |
| 10 |
(b) | the chief constable of the Ministry of Defence Police.” |
| |
Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38) |
| |
51 | In section 3(6) of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 (authorities to which |
| |
information may be disclosed) after paragraph (f) insert— |
| |
“(fa) | the Serious Organised Crime Agency;”. |
| 15 |
Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Act 1988 (c. 20) |
| |
52 | In section 19(a) of the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Act 1988 (exemption |
| |
from tolls) for sub-paragraph (ia) substitute— |
| |
“(ia) | the Serious Organised Crime Agency;”. |
| |
Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) |
| 20 |
53 | The Road Traffic Act 1988 shall have effect subject to the following |
| |
| |
54 (1) | In section 124 (exemption from requirements regarding paid driving |
| |
instruction) after subsection (1) insert— |
| |
“(1A) | Section 123(1) and (2) also does not apply to the giving of instruction |
| 25 |
by a SOCA instructor in pursuance of arrangements made by the |
| |
Director General of the Serious Organised Crime Agency. |
| |
| In this subsection “SOCA instructor” means a member of the staff of |
| |
the Serious Organised Crime Agency whose duties consist of or |
| |
include the giving instruction in the driving of motor cars to other |
| 30 |
members of the Agency’s staff.” |
| |
(2) | In subsection (2) of that section, omit the definitions of “chief officer of |
| |
police”, “police authority” and “police force”. |
| |
55 | In section 144(2) (exemption from requirement of third-party insurance or |
| |
security) omit paragraph (ba). |
| 35 |
Security Service Act 1989 (c. 5) |
| |
56 | The Security Service Act 1989 has effect subject to the following |
| |
| |
57 | In section 1(4) (functions of the Security Service) for “, the National Criminal |
| |
Intelligence Service, the National Crime Squad” substitute “, the Serious |
| 40 |
| |
|
| |
|