SCHEDULES
E1 SCHEDULE 9 Minor and Consequential Amendments
Police Act 1996 (c. 16)
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The Police Act 1996 shall be amended as follows.
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F374
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At the end of section 53 (regulations as to standards of equipment) (which becomes subsection (1)) there shall be added—
2
The Secretary of State shall consult the Police Information Technology Organisation before making regulations under this section relating to information technology.
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In subsection (2) “information technology” includes any computer or other technology by means of which information or other matter may be recorded or communicated without being reduced to documentary form.
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1
Section 57 (common services) shall be amended as follows.
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After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
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Regulations under this section relating to all police forces may also require the National Crime Squad to use the specified facilities or services, or the facilities or services of a specified description, if the Secretary of State considers that it would be in the interests of the efficiency or effectiveness of the Squad for the Squad to do so.
3
In subsection (4), at the end of paragraph (b) there shall be added
, and
c
if the regulations relate to the National Crime Squad, the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad and the Director General of that Squad.
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After subsection (4) there shall be added—
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The Secretary of State shall consult the Police Information Technology Organisation before making regulations under this section relating to information technology.
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In subsection (5) “information technology” includes any computer or other technology by means of which information or other matter may be recorded or communicated without being reduced to documentary form.
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F183
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F184
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85
In section 88 (liability for wrongful acts of constables), in subsection (5)(b), after “or 98” there shall be inserted “
of this Act or section 23 of the Police Act 1997
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I386
1
Section 97 (police officers engaged on service outside their force) shall be amended as follows.
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In subsection (1), after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted—
ca
temporary service with the National Criminal Intelligence Service on which a person is engaged with the consent of the appropriate authority;
cb
temporary service with the National Crime Squad on which a person is engaged with the consent of the appropriate authority;
cc
temporary service with the Police Information Technology Organisation on which a person is engaged with the consent of the appropriate authority;
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F64
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F787
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The amendments in Sch. 9 have the same extent as the enactments to which they refer