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Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

2005 CHAPTER 15

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Schedule 1: The Serious Organised Crime Agency

Section 11: Reports to Secretary of State

93.This section allows the Secretary of State to require SOCA to give him a report on any of its activities. Where the activities concerned are carried out wholly or partly in Scotland, the Secretary of State is first required to consult the Scottish Ministers (subsection (3)). The Secretary of State may determine whether these reports are to be published (subsection (4)). Where a report is published, it may be published with any sensitive material excised (subsection (5)).

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