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1Any police force.E+W+S+N.I.
[F1[F21AThe Civil Nuclear Constabulary.]]E+W+S+N.I.
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F1Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 1A inserted (5.1.2004) by The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Directed Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3171), art. 2(2)
F2Sch. 1 para. 1A substituted (1.4.2005) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 69, 198(2), Sch. 14 para. 8(2); S.I. 2005/877, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
[F32The Serious Organised Crime Agency.]E+W+S+N.I.
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F3Sch. 1 para. 2 substituted (1.4.2006) for Sch. 1 paras. 2, 3 by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 178, Sch. 4 para. 155; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10 (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
[F42AThe Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency]E+W+S+N.I.
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4The Serious Fraud Office.E+W+S+N.I.
[F64AThe force comprising the special constables appointed under section 79 of the Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847 F7 on the nomination of the Dover Harbour Board.E+W+S+N.I.
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4BThe force comprising the constables appointed under article 3 of the Mersey Docks and Harbour (Police) Order 1975 F8 on the nomination of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company.]E+W+S+N.I.
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5Any of the intelligence services.E+W+S+N.I.
6Any of Her Majesty’s forces.E+W+S+N.I.
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F9Sch. 1 para. 7 and cross-heading substituted (15.2.2008) for Sch. 1 paras. 7, 8 and cross-heading by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 88, 94, Sch. 12 para. 28; S.I. 2008/219, art. 2(b)
[F107Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.]E+W+S+N.I.
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F10Sch. 1 para. 7 and cross-heading substituted (15.2.2008) for Sch. 1 paras. 7, 8 and cross-heading by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 88, 94, Sch. 12 para. 28; S.I. 2008/219, art. 2(b)
F118The Commissioners of Inland Revenue.E+W+S+N.I.
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F11Sch. 1 para. 7 and cross-heading substituted (15.2.2008) for Sch. 1 paras. 7, 8 and cross-heading by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 88, 94, Sch. 12 para. 28; S.I. 2008/219, art. 2(b)
[F12The Department of Energy and Climate Change.]
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F12Sch. 1: entry inserted (5.3.2009) by virtue of The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/229), art. 9, Sch. 2 para. 3
9[F13The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.]E+W+S+N.I.
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F13Sch. 1 Pt. I: by S.I. 2002/794, art. 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 39, Sch. 2 (with arts. 5(3), 6) it is provided (27.3.2002) that the entry relating to the “Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food” is repealed and the words “The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs” inserted at the appropriate place
[F149ZAF15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]E+W+S+N.I.
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F14Sch. 1 para. 9ZA inserted (12.12.2007) by The Secretaries of State for Children, Schools and Families, for Innovation, Universities and Skills and for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3224), arts. 1(2), 15, Sch. para. 9(a)
F15Sch. 1 para. 9ZA omitted (13.11.2009) by virtue of The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2748), art. 8, Sch. para. 6(b) (with art. 7)
[F169ZBThe Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.]E+W+S+N.I.
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F16Sch. 1 para. 9ZB inserted (13.11.2009) by The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2748), art. 8, Sch. para. 6(a) (with art. 7)
[F179AThe Department for Communities and Local Government]E+W+S+N.I.
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10The Ministry of Defence.E+W+S+N.I.
11[F18The Department for Transport.E+W+S+N.I.
the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.]
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F18Sch. 1 Pt. I: by S.I. 2002/2626, art. 20, Sch. 2 para. 24(a)(b) it is provided (25.11.2002) that the entry relating to the “Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions” is repealed, and the words “The Department for Transport” and “the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister” inserted at the appropriate place
12The Department of Health.E+W+S+N.I.
13The Home Office.E+W+S+N.I.
[F1913ZAThe Ministry of Justice]E+W+S+N.I.
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F19Sch. 1 para. 13ZA inserted (22.8.2007) by The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), arts. 1(2), 8, Sch. para. 7
[F2013AThe Northern Ireland Office.]E+W+S+N.I.
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14[F21The Department for Work and Pensions.]E+W+S+N.I.
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F21Sch. 1 Pt. I: by S.I. 2002/1397, art. 12, Sch. para. 16 it is provided (27.6.2002) that the entry relating to the Department of Social Security is repealed and the words “The Department for Work and Pensions” inserted at the appropriate place
15F22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S+N.I.
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F22Sch. 1: entry for the "Department of Trade and Industry" omitted (12.12.2007) by virtue of The Secretaries of State for Children, Schools and Families, for Innovation, Universities and Skills and for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/3224), arts. 1(2), 15, Sch. para. 9(b)
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F23Sch. 1 para. 16 and cross-heading substituted (the amendment coming into force immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) in accordance with art. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I. and see ss. 46, 161(5) of Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)) by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), arts. 1(2)(3), 3, Sch. 1 para. 76(3)
[F2416The Welsh Assembly Government.]E+W+S+N.I.
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F24Sch. 1 para. 16 and cross-heading substituted (the amendment coming into force immediately after the end of "the initial period" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) in accordance with art. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I. and see ss. 46, 161(5) of Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32)) by The Government of Wales Act 2006 (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388), arts. 1(2)(3), 3, Sch. 1 para. 76(3)
[F2517Any county council or district council in England, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority, the Council of the Isles of Scilly, and any county council or county borough council in Wales.]E+W+S+N.I.
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[F2617AAny fire authority within the meaning of the Fire Services Act 1947 F27 (read with paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 to the Local Government Act 1985 F28).]E+W+S+N.I.
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[F2917BThe Charity Commission.]E+W+S+N.I.
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18The Environment Agency.E+W+S+N.I.
19The Financial Services Authority.E+W+S+N.I.
20The Food Standards Agency.E+W+S+N.I.
[F3020A[F31Gambling Commission]E+W+S+N.I.
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F30Sch. 1 Pt. 1 paras. 20A-20D inserted (5.1.2004) by The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Directed Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/3171), art. 2(7)
F31Words in Sch. 1 para. 20A substituted (1.10.2005) by Gambling Act 2005 (c. 19), ss. 356, 358, Sch. 16 para. 14 (with ss. 352, 354, Sch. 16 para. 21); S.I. 2005/2455, art. 2(1), Sch.
20BThe Office of Fair Trading.E+W+S+N.I.
20CThe Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.E+W+S+N.I.
20DThe Postal Services Commission.]E+W+S+N.I.
[F3220EThe Gangmasters Licensing Authority.E+W+S+N.I.
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[F3320FThe Care Quality Commission.]]E+W+S+N.I.
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F33Sch. 1 para. 20F substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 95, 170, Sch. 5 para. 72; S.I. 2009/462, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 35(x)
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F34Sch. 1 Pt. I entry no. 21 repealed (15.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3686, art. 6(17)(b)
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F35Sch. 1 para. 22 repealed (3.7.2002) by S.I. 2002/1555, art. 26
23[F36A universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000) acting in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of that Act)]..E+W+S+N.I.
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F36Words in Sch. 1 para. 23 substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 135(4) (with art. 4(8))
[F3723AThe Office of Communications.]E+W+S+N.I.
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F37Sch. 1 para. 23A inserted (29.12.2003) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), ss. 406, 411, Sch. 17 para. 161(3) (with transitional provisions in Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(1) Sch. 1 {subject to art. 3(3)}
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