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77 Application of the Police (Property) Act 1897 to NCSE+W
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(1)After section 2 of the Police (Property) Act 1897 (c. 30) there shall be inserted—

2A Application to NCS

(1)This Act applies to property which has come into the possession of the National Crime Squad as it applies to property that has come into the possession of the police.

(2)In relation to property that has come into the possession of the National Crime Squad—

(a)the reference in section 1(1) to an officer of police is a reference to a member of that Squad; and

(b)references in section 2 to the property remaining in the possession of the police are references to its remaining in the possession of that Squad.

(3)The power to make regulations under section 2 has effect in relation to property that has come into the possession of the National Crime Squad as if—

(a)the relevant authority for the purposes of subsection (2A) of that section were the Service Authority for that Squad; and

(b)the reference in subsection (2A)(c) of that section to police purposes were a reference to the purposes of that Squad.

(2)In section (2) of that Act (regulations), for subsection (2B) there shall be substituted—

(2B)The relevant authority for the purposes of subsection (2A) is the police authority.

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