Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 U.K. Abolition of SOCA and NPIA

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 8 modified (7.10.2013) by The National Crime Agency (Limitation of Extension to Northern Ireland) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2326), arts. 1, arts. 3-5

Part 1 U.K. Transitional, transitory and saving provision

Prospective

Scottish police reform U.K.

11 (1) The power conferred by section 60 may, in particular, be exercised to make provision to secure that the NCA provisions have full effect despite the coming into force of particular NCA provisions before the coming into force of particular Scottish police reform provisions. U.K.

(2) Such provision may, in particular, modify a reference in any of the NCA provisions to any person, body or other thing created by the Scottish police reform provisions.

(3) That includes the modification of a reference—

(a) to the Police Service of Scotland, in particular by providing for it to have effect as, or as including, a reference to one or more of the following—

(i) an existing Scottish police force;

(ii) the Scottish Crime and Drugs Enforcement Agency;

(b) to the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland, in particular by providing for it to have effect as, or as including, a reference to one or more of the following—

(i) the chief constable of an existing Scottish police force;

(ii) the Scottish Crime and Drugs Enforcement Agency;

(iii) the Director General of that Agency;

(c) to the Scottish Police Authority, in particular by providing for it to have effect as, or as including, a reference to one or more of the following—

(i) an existing Scottish police authority;

(ii) the Scottish Crime and Drugs Enforcement Agency;

(iii) the Director General of that Agency;

(iv) the Scottish Police Services Authority;

(d) to constables in the Police Service of Scotland, in particular by providing for it to have effect as, or as including, a reference to one or more of the following—

(i) constables in existing Scottish police forces;

(ii) police members of the Scottish Crime and Drugs Enforcement Agency;

(iii) support staff members of the Scottish Crime and Drugs Enforcement Agency.

(4) In this paragraph—

• “existing Scottish police authority” means a body which is a police authority by virtue of section 2 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 or a joint police board constituted in accordance with an amalgamation scheme made under that Act;

• “existing Scottish police force” means a police force maintained under, or by virtue of, section 1 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;

• “NCA provisions” means the provisions of this Part of this Act (including any amendments of other enactments made by this Part of this Act);

• “Scottish police reform provisions” means the provisions of Part 1 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.