Part 1The Serious Organised Crime Agency
Chapter 1SOCA: establishment and activities
Financial provisions
18Determinations relating to grants under section 17
(1)
The Secretary of State must determine the amount of the grant to be made under section 17 in respect of each of SOCA's financial years.
(2)
But a determination under subsection (1) may, if the Secretary of State thinks fit, specify a single amount in respect of two or more financial years.
(3)
A determination under that subsection may be varied by a subsequent determination.
(4)
Where the Secretary of State makes any determination under subsection (1), he must prepare a report—
(a)
setting out the determination, and
(b)
stating the considerations which he took into account in making it.
(5)
The Secretary of State must—
(a)
send SOCA a copy of each report under subsection (4), and
(b)
lay a copy of each such report before the House of Commons.
(6)
In connection with the exercise of his functions under this section, the Secretary of State may require SOCA—
(a)
to provide him with such information as he may specify, and
(b)
to do so within such period as he may specify.