Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

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31(1)Section 11 (interpretation) is amended as follows.E+W

(2)In subsection (1), at the beginning of each of paragraphs (ba), (bb), (bc) and (bd), after “service” insert “ as an employee of SOCA by a person who immediately before he became an employee of SOCA was serving ”.

(3)In subsection (2) for paragraphs (c) and (d) substitute—

(c)in relation to any such service as is mentioned in paragraph (ba), (bb), (bc) or (bd) of subsection (1) or any service of the kind described in section 97(1)(cf) of the Police Act 1997 or section 38A(1)(bc) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, it means SOCA;.

(4)In subsection (5), in the definition of “central service”—

(a)in paragraph (a) omit “(ca), (cb),” and after “(cc)” insert “ , (cf) ”, and

(b)in paragraph (b) for “(ba) or (bb)” substitute “ (bb) or (bc) ”.

(5)After the definition of “pension rights” in that subsection add—

SOCA” means the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 4 para. 31 in force at 1.4.2006 by S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10 (with art. 4(2)-(7))