Textual Amendments
F1S. 31A and cross-heading inserted (8.4.2003) by Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6), s. 20(1)
(1)Police officers [F2and National Crime Agency officers] shall carry out their functions with the aim—
(a)of securing the support of the local community, and
(b)of acting in co-operation with the local community.
(2)In carrying out their functions, police officers [F3and National Crime Agency officers] shall be guided by the code of ethics under section 52.
[F4(3)Nothing in this section shall have effect in relation to anything done by a National Crime Agency officer outside Northern Ireland.]]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in s. 31A(1) inserted (19.5.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), art. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(2)
F3Words in s. 31A(2) inserted (19.5.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), art. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(3)
F4S. 31A(3) inserted (19.5.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), art. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 3(4)