7

This section applies to the Director General of the National Crime Agency as it applies to the Chief Constable.

8

In the application of this section to the Director General of the National Crime Agency—

a

each reference to the Chief Constable is to be read as a reference to the Director General;

b

the reference in subsection (1) to the exercise of any of the Board’s functions is to be read as a reference to the exercise of any of the Board’s functions in relation to the National Crime Agency;

c

if subsection (6) applies, the Director General must inform the Secretary of State of the matters set out in subsection (6)(a) and (b) (in addition to informing the Minister of Justice, in the case of subsection (6)(a) and (b), and the Board, in the case of subsection (6)(b));

d

nothing in this section shall have effect in relation to anything done by the National Crime Agency outside Northern Ireland.