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Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

Section 47: Person having powers of constable: Scotland and Northern Ireland

142.This section explains the conditions under which a member of staff of SOCA may exercise designated powers of a constable in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The agreement of the Scottish Ministers and the Secretary of State (for these purposes it would be the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) must be obtained before the powers and privileges of a constable may be exercised in the respective parts of the UK (subsections (2) and (5)). The Director of SDEA or an officer nominated by him or, in Northern Ireland, an officer of the PSNI of the rank of assistant chief constable or above may agree to a designated member of staff of SOCA exercising the above powers in relation to a particular operation in the relevant territory (subsections (3) and (6)).

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