SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2Functions of Independent Police Complaints Commission in relation to SOCA
I16
In section 16 (payment for assistance with investigations), for subsections (5) and (6) substitute—
5
In this section (subject to subsection (6))—
a
references to a police force and to a police authority maintaining a police force include references to the Serious Organised Crime Agency; and
b
in relation to that Agency, references to the chief officer are references to the Director General.
6
This section shall have effect in relation to cases in which assistance is required to be provided by the Serious Organised Crime Agency as if—
a
the reference in subsection (3)(b) to police authorities generally included a reference to the Agency; and
b
the reference in subsection (4)(b) to police authorities generally were a reference to the Agency.