(1)The Secretary of State may issue codes of practice relating to the exercise by SOCA of any of its functions.
(2)The Secretary of State may from time to time revise the whole or any part of a code of practice issued under this section.
(3)Before issuing or revising a code of practice issued under this section the Secretary of State must consult—
(a)SOCA,
(b)the Scottish Ministers, F1...
[F2(ba)the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland, and]
(c)such other persons as he considers appropriate.
(4)The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament—
(a)any code of practice issued under this section, and
(b)any revisions of such a code.
(5)The Secretary of State—
(a)is not required by subsection (4) to lay before Parliament, or
(b)may exclude from what he does lay before Parliament,
anything to which subsection (6) applies.
(6)This subsection applies to anything the publication of which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State—
(a)would be against the interests of national security, or
(b)could prejudice the prevention or detection of crime or the apprehension or prosecution of offenders, or
(c)could jeopardise the safety of any person.
(7)The Secretary of State must provide the Scottish Ministers with a copy of—
(a)any code of practice issued under this section, or
(b)any revisions of such a code.
[F3(8)The Secretary of State must provide the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland with a copy of anything laid before Parliament under subsection (4).]
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 10(3)(b) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 6(2)(a) (with arts. 28-31)
F2S. 10(3)(ba) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 6(2)(b) (with arts. 28-31)
F3S. 10(8) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 6(3) (with arts. 28-31)
Commencement Information
I1S. 10 in force at 1.1.2006 by S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(b)