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Police Act 1997

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The Service Authority

47The Service Authority for the National Crime Squad

(1)There shall be a body corporate to be known as the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad (in this Part referred to as “the NCS Service Authority”).

(2)Subject to the following provisions of this section, the NCS Service Authority shall consist of seventeen members.

(3)The Secretary of State may by order provide that the number of its members shall be a specified odd number greater than seventeen.

(4)Before making an order under subsection (3), the Secretary of State shall consult—

(a)the NCS Service Authority (if it is then in existence),

(b)persons whom he considers to represent the interests of police authorities for areas in England and Wales, and

(c)persons whom he considers to represent the interests of chief officers of police of police forces in England and Wales.

(5)A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (3) shall be laid before Parliament after being made.

(6)The NCS Service Authority may co-opt such additional members as it thinks fit.

(7)Parts I, III and IV of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 shall have effect in relation to the NCS Service Authority.

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