(1)Section 9 of the 1997 Act (members of NCIS) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2)—
(a)for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—
“(a)he met the requirements of subsection (3) immediately before his appointment took effect and his appointment is to a police rank in NCIS; or”; and
(b)in paragraph (b), the words from “to which” to “applies” shall be omitted.
(3)For subsection (3) (qualifications for appointment as a police member) there shall be substituted—
“(3)A person meets the requirements of this subsection if he is attested or sworn as a constable and—
(a)he is a member of a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996;
(b)he is a member of the metropolitan police force or of the City of London police force;
(c)he is a regular constable within the meaning of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77);
(d)he is a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;
(e)he is a member of the National Crime Squad;
(f)he is a member of the Ministry of Defence Police appointed on the nomination of the Secretary of State under section 1 of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987 (c. 4) ;
(g)he is a member of the British Transport Police Force;
(h)he is a member of the States of Jersey Police Force;
(i)he is a member of the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey;
(j)he is a member of the Isle of Man Constabulary; or
(k)he is engaged with NCIS on a period of temporary service.”
(4)In subsection (9), in paragraph (a) (restriction on delegation to Director General of appointment of police members), after “police member” there shall be inserted “with the rank of assistant chief constable,”.
(5)After that subsection, there shall be inserted—
“(9A)In this section “a period of temporary service” means a period of temporary service to which any of the following provisions applies—
(a)section 97 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16);
(b)section 38A of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;
(c)section 27 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c. 32);
(d)section 2B of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987.”