SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Inspections and complaints

Part 1Inspections

NCA response

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1

The Director General must—

a

prepare comments on each HMIC report as published by the Secretary of State; and

b

arrange for those comments to be published in such manner as the Director General considers appropriate.

2

The Director General must send a copy of any document published under sub-paragraph (1)(b)—

a

to the Secretary of State; and

b

if the inspection was carried out wholly or partly in Scotland, to the Scottish Ministers; and

c

if the inspection was carried out wholly or partly in Northern Ireland, to the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.