Section 16: Payment for assistance with investigations
146.This section covers payment for the provision of a person provided by one force to another under section 15(3), for assistance provided by a force to the Commission under section 15(4) and for assistance by one force to another under section 15(5).
147.Subsection (3) provides that a police authority of a force requiring assistance shall pay the police authority of the force which provides that assistance a sum towards the cost of that assistance which:
may be agreed between them; or
in the absence of an agreement, in accordance with any arrangements either in existence or agreed by police authorities generally; or
in the absence of such arrangements, as determined by the Secretary of State.
148.Subsection (4) provides that the Commission shall pay the police authority of a force which provides assistance when asked a sum towards the cost of that assistance which:
may be agreed between the Commission and that police authority; or
in the absence of an agreement, in accordance with any arrangements either in existence or agreed between the Commission and police authorities generally; or
in the absence of such arrangements, as determined by the Secretary of State.
149.Subsections (5) and (6) provide that references within this section to police forces, police authorities and chief officers will include the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the National Crime Squad, their service authorities and their Directors General, respectively.