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Part IU.K. The National Criminal Intelligence Service

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. I (ss. 1-46): Power to continue conferred (11.5.2001) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 109(2)(c)(i), 138(2)

MiscellaneousU.K.

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41 Arrangements for consultation.U.K.

(1)The NCIS Service Authority shall, after consulting the Director General of NCIS, make arrangements for obtaining the views of—

(a)the authorities who between them maintain the police forces in Great Britain and the Royal Ulster Constabulary,

(b)the NCS Service Authority,

(c)the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, and

(d)such other persons or bodies as the NCIS Service Authority considers appropriate,

about the Authority and NCIS.

(2)The Director General of NCIS shall, after consulting the Authority, make arrangements for obtaining the views of—

(a)the chief officers of police of police forces in England and Wales,

(b)the chief constables of police forces in Scotland,

(c)the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary,

(d)the Director General of the National Crime Squad,

(e)the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, and

(f)such other persons or bodies as the Director General of NCIS considers appropriate,

about NCIS.

(3)Arrangements made under subsection (1) or (2) shall be reviewed from time to time.

(4)If it appears to the Secretary of State that arrangements made for consultation by the NCIS Service Authority or the Director General under this section are not adequate for the purposes set out in subsection (1) or (2), he may require the Authority or Director General whose duty it is to make the arrangements to submit a report to him concerning the arrangements.

(5)After considering a report submitted under subsection (4), the Secretary of State may require the Authority or Director General who submitted it to review the arrangements and submit a further report to him concerning them.

(6)The Authority or Director General shall be under the same duties to consult when reviewing arrangements as when making them.