Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001

20 (1) In Schedule 2 (other provisions about members of Service Authorities), in paragraph 3(1) (disqualification by reason of employment with Service Authority etc.), for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—

“(a) he is—

(i) a member of NCIS or of the National Crime Squad, or

(ii) an employee or officer of the Authority (who is not such a member);”.

(2) In paragraph 6 of that Schedule (resignation), in sub-paragraph (2)—

(a) in paragraph (b), for “7(g)” there shall be substituted “6A”; and

(b) in paragraph (c), for “7(f) or 8(1)(h)” there shall be substituted “7(a) or 8(1)(ha)”.

(3) In paragraph 7 of that Schedule (circumstances in which persons automatically cease to be members)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “7(c), (d) or (e), 8(1)(e), (f) or (g), 9(b)” there shall be substituted “7(a) or (b), 8(1)(e), (f) or (g), 9(1)(b)”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for “7(f) or 8(1)(h)” there shall be substituted “7(a) or (b) or 8(1)(h) or (ha)”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (4)—

(i) after “7(a) or (b)”, there shall be inserted “(by virtue of being a person within paragraph 7A(1)(a) or 7B(1)(a))”; and

(ii) for “9(a)” there shall be substituted “9(1)(a)”;

(d) in sub-paragraph (5), for “the NCIS Service Authority under paragraph 7(g)” there shall be substituted “a Service Authority under paragraph 6A”; and

(e) after sub-paragraph (5), there shall be inserted—

“(6) A person appointed to be a member of the NCIS Service Authority under paragraph 7(c) shall cease to be a member if he ceases to be a member of the Security Service.”

(4) In paragraph 8 of that Schedule (removal of members), after sub-paragraph (5) there shall be inserted—

“(6) For the purposes of this paragraph, in relation to a member appointed under paragraph 7(a) or (b) of Schedule 1 the references to the person or persons who are (or would be) required to appoint his successor are to be read as references to the Secretary of State.”

(5) Paragraph 9 of that Schedule (removal of members to maintain political balance of local authority members) shall be omitted.

(6) In paragraph 10 of that Schedule (effect of removing a core member), the words “or 9” shall be omitted.

(7) In paragraph 13 of that Schedule (eligibility of senior police officers to vote)—

(a) after “7(a) or (b)”, there shall be inserted “(by virtue of being a person within paragraph 7A(1)(a) or 7B(1)(a))”;

(b) for “9(a)” there shall be substituted “9(1)(a)”; and

(c) in paragraph (b), for “section 7 or, as the case may be, 53 to require the Director General, or any other member,” there shall be substituted “section 9A or, as the case may be, 55A to require a member of NCIS or the National Crime Squad”.

(8) In paragraph 14 of that Schedule (crown servants not eligible to vote), for “7(f) or 8(1)(h)”, there shall be substituted “7(a) or (b) (by virtue of being a person within paragraph 7A(1)(c) or 7B(1)(c)), 7(c) or 8(1)(h) or (ha)”.

(9) In paragraph 18 of that Schedule (co-opted members), for sub-paragraph (3) there shall be substituted—

“(3) A member of the Security Service shall be disqualified for being co-opted as a member of the NCS Service Authority; and a person shall cease to be a co-opted member of that Authority if he becomes a member of the Security Service.”