SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

11.

(1)

Amend section 16 (inspections of SOCA) as follows.

(2)

After subsection (3) insert—

“(3A)

Before requesting an inspection that would fall to be carried out wholly or partly in Northern Ireland, the Secretary of State must consult the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.”

(3)

In subsection (9) after paragraph (b) insert—

“and

(c)

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

(4)

In subsection (11) after paragraph (b) insert—

“and

(c)

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