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2In section 9 of the Civil Defence Act 1948 (interpretation etc.), after subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
“(3A)For the purposes of this Act (other than section 3(3)) the Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad shall be treated as police authorities and the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the National Crime Squad as police forces.”.