SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Relationships between NCA and other agencies

Part 6General

Directed tasking or assistance: power to amend those who may be directed

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1

The Secretary of State may, by order, amend section 5 or paragraph 11 of this Schedule by making any of the following kinds of provision—

a

provision adding a person or category of persons to the relevant list;

b

provision imposing on the Director General a requirement to obtain the consent of one or more persons before giving a direction to—

i

a person added to the relevant list by virtue of sub-paragraph (a), or

ii

a person within a category of persons so added;

c

provision removing from the relevant list a person or category of persons added by virtue of sub-paragraph (a);

d

provision removing a requirement for consent imposed by virtue of sub-paragraph (b).

2

But the Secretary of State may not add any of the following to the relevant list—

a

the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;

b

the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland;

c

any person operating only in Scotland;

d

the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

e

any person operating only in Northern Ireland.

3

Before making an order under this paragraph which adds a person or category of persons to the relevant list, the Secretary of State must consult that person or the persons within that category.

4

In this paragraph “relevant list” means—

a

in relation to section 5, the list of persons in subsection (5) to whom the Director General may give directions, or

b

in relation to paragraph 11 of this Schedule, the list of persons in sub-paragraph (1) to whom the Director General may give directions.