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Police Act 1997
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Functions of Director General
10General function of Director General
(1)NCIS shall be under the direction and control of the Director General.
(2)In discharging his functions, the Director General shall have regard to the service plan issued by the NCIS Service Authority under section 4.
11Reports by Director General to the Authority
(1)The Director General of NCIS shall, as soon as possible after the end of each financial year, submit to the NCIS Service Authority a general report on the activities of NCIS during that year.
(2)The Director General shall arrange for a report submitted by him under subsection (1) to be published in such manner as appears to him to be appropriate.
(3)The NCIS Service Authority may require the Director General to submit to it a report on such matters connected with the activities of NCIS as may be specified in the requirement.
(4)A report submitted under subsection (3) shall be in such form as the Authority may specify.
(5)If it appears to the Director General that a report in compliance with a requirement under subsection (3) would contain information which in the public interest ought not to be disclosed, or is not needed for the discharge of the functions of the Authority, he may request the Authority to refer the requirement to the Secretary of State; and in any such case the requirement shall be of no effect unless it is confirmed by the Secretary of State.
(6)The Authority may arrange, or require the Director General to arrange, for a report submitted under subsection (3) to be published in such manner as appears to the Authority to be appropriate.
12Responsibility for co-ordination of police and Security Service activities
In section 2(2) of the [1989 c. 5.] Security Service Act 1989 (which imposes duties on the Director-General of the Security Service), in paragraph (c) (which provides for the Secretary of State to designate the person responsible for co-ordinating police and Security Service activities) for “a person designated by the Secretary of State” there shall be substituted “the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Service”.
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