Police Act 1997

85 Arrangements for consultation

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

(a) police authorities for areas in England and Wales,

(b) the NCIS Service Authority, and

(c) such other persons or bodies as the NCS Service Authority considers appropriate,

about the Authority and the National Crime Squad.

(2) The Director General of the National Crime Squad 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 Director General of NCIS, and

(c) such other persons or bodies as the Director General of the National Crime Squad considers appropriate,

about the National Crime Squad.

(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 NCS 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.