The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Specified Persons for Financial Reporting Orders) (Scotland) Order 2006

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 170

CRIMINAL LAW

The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Specified Persons for Financial Reporting Orders) (Scotland) Order 2006

Made

22nd March 2006

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

23rd March 2006

Coming into force

1st May 2006

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 79(9) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Specified Persons for Financial Reporting Orders) (Scotland) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 1st May 2006.

(2) This Order extends to Scotland only.

(3) In this Order–

“the 1967 Act” means the Police (Scotland) Act 1967(2);

“the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency” means the organisation known by that name and established under section 36(1)(a)(ii) of the 1967 Act; and

“the Director” of that Agency means the person engaged on central service (as defined by section 38(5) of the 1967 Act) and for the time being appointed by the Scottish Ministers to exercise control in relation to the activities carried out in the exercise of the Agency’s functions.

Specified persons

2.  For the purposes of section 79 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, the list of persons from whom the court may select a specified person is–

(a) a chief constable of a police force maintained by virtue of the 1967 Act; or

(b) the Director of the Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency.

CATHY JAMIESON

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

22nd March 2006

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies for the purposes of section 79(9) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”) the list of persons from which a court may select a “specified person”, as defined in section 79(8) of the 2005 Act.

Those persons whom a court specifies will receive reports from those in relation to whom a financial reporting order under Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the 2005 Act has effect.

(1)

2005 c. 15.

(2)

1967 c. 77.