Police Act 1997

1 The Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service

(1) There shall be a body corporate to be known as the Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service (in this Part referred to as “the NCIS Service Authority”).

(2) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the NCIS Service Authority shall consist of nineteen members.

(3) The Secretary of State may by order provide that the number of members shall be a specified odd number greater than nineteen.

(4) Before making an order under subsection (3), the Secretary of State shall consult—

(a) the NCIS Service Authority (if it is then in existence),

(b) persons whom the Secretary of State considers to represent the interests of the authorities who between them maintain the police forces in Great Britain and the Royal Ulster Constabulary,

(c) persons whom the Secretary of State considers to represent the interests of chief officers of police of police forces in England and Wales, chief constables of police forces in Scotland and the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and

(d) the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.

(5) A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (3) shall be laid before Parliament after being made.

(6) The NCIS Service Authority may co-opt such additional members as it thinks fit.

(7) Parts I, II and IV of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 shall have effect in relation to the NCIS Service Authority.