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(1)The Director General has (by virtue of the function of direction and control of the NCA) the power to decide—
(a)which particular operations are to be mounted by NCA officers, and
(b)how such operations are to be conducted.
(2)In exercising functions, the Director General must have regard to—
(a)any strategic priorities for the NCA (see section 3);
(b)the annual plan (see below); and
(c)the framework document (see Part 1 of Schedule 2).
(3)Before the beginning of each financial year, the Director General must issue a document (the “annual plan”) setting out how the Director General intends that NCA functions are to be exercised during that year (including how they are to be exercised in Scotland and Northern Ireland).
(4)The annual plan for a financial year must include—
(a)a statement of any strategic priorities for the NCA,
(b)a statement of the operational priorities for the NCA, and
(c)in relation to each of the strategic and operational priorities, an explanation of how the Director General intends that the priority will be given effect to.
(5)The Director General must determine operational priorities for the NCA; and those priorities may relate—
(a)to matters to which current strategic priorities also relate, or
(b)to other matters;
but operational priorities must, in any event, be framed so as to be consistent with the current strategic priorities.
(6)In preparing any annual plan, the Director General must consult—
(a)the strategic partners [F1and the Northern Ireland Policing Board], and
(b)any other persons whom the Director General considers it is appropriate to consult.
(7)The Director General is required by subsection (6)(a)—
(a)to consult the Scottish Ministers about the annual plan only as it relates to activities in Scotland; and
(b)to consult the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland [F2and the Northern Ireland Policing Board] about the annual plan only as it relates to activities in Northern Ireland.
(8)Before issuing any annual plan, the Director General must obtain—
(a)the consent of the Secretary of State to the plan,
(b)the consent of the Scottish Ministers to the plan as it relates to activities in Scotland, and
(c)the consent of the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland [F3and the Northern Ireland Policing Board] as it relates to activities in Northern Ireland.
(9)The Director General must arrange for each annual plan to be published in the manner which the Director General considers appropriate.
(10)Schedule 2 (the framework document & annual report) has effect.
Extent Information
E1S. 4(6)(a)(7)(b)(8)(c): "the relevant NCA provisions" as specified in the table in Sch. 24 para. 9, and to the extent there specified, do not extend to Northern Ireland, see Sch. 24 paras. 1, 2
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 4(6)(a) inserted (20.3.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 3(2)(a)
F2Words in s. 4(7)(b) inserted (20.3.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 3(2)(b)
F3Words in s. 4(8)(c) inserted (20.3.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 3(2)(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 4(6)(a) extended (N.I.) (20.3.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(b)(i)
C2S. 4(7)(b) extended (N.I.) (20.3.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(b)(ii)
C3S. 4(8)(c) extended (N.I.) (20.3.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(b)(iii)
Commencement Information
I1S. 4(1) in force at 7.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(d)
I2S. 4(2)-(9) in force at 27.5.2013 by S.I. 2013/1042, art. 3(d)
I3S. 4(10) in force at 27.5.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/1042, art. 3(e)
I4S. 4(10) in force at 7.10.2013 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(e)
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