100(1)Section 97 (authorisations requiring approval) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In subsection (6A)—
(a)for “, (e) or (g)” substitute “ or (e) ”, and
(b)for “, Chief Constable or, as the case may be, Director General” substitute “ or, as the case may be, Chief Constable ”.
(3)After subsection (6A) insert—
“(6B)The reference in subsection (6) to the authorising officer who gave the authorisation or in whose absence it was given shall be construed—
(a)in the case of an authorisation given by a person within paragraph (f) of section 93(5), as a reference to that person, and
(b)in the case of an authorisation given in the absence of such a person, as a reference to a member of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency who is designated for the purposes of this section by the Director General of that Agency.”
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 4 para. 100 in force at 1.4.2006 by S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10 (with art. 4(2)-(7))