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Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005
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Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 78(3)((ab)(ac)) added by 2011 c. 24 (N.I.) s. 56(1)
- s. 2A inserted by 2007 c. 27 Sch. 8 para. 169
- s. 2A modified by 2009 c. 25 s. 170(1)
- s. 8A inserted by S.I. 2010/976 Sch. 15 para. 4
- s. 25A inserted by S.I. 2010/976 Sch. 15 para. 14
- s. 75A inserted by 2006 c. 48 Sch. 14 para. 62
- s. 75B inserted by 2009 c. 25 s. 113(7)
- s. 473(2)(b) and word omitted by 2008 c. 9 Sch. 14 para. 17(n)
- s. 476(3) text amended by 2008 c. 9 Sch. 17 para. 27(1)
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Commencement Orders bringing provisions within this Act into force:
- S.I. 2005/1521 art. 2-4 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2005/2026 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2005/3136 art. 2 3 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2005/3495 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2006/378 art. 2-7 Sch. commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2006/1085 art. 2-4 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2006/1871 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2006/2182 art. 3 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2006/1871
- S.I. 2007/3064 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2007/3341 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2008/306 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2008/697 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2008/1325 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.I. 2011/410 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.S.I. 2006/166 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.S.I. 2006/381 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
- S.S.I. 2007/241 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:
- S.I. 2006/1013 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 11)
- S.I. 2006/2966 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 33)
- S.I. 2006/3200 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 35)
- S.I. 2007/29 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2006/3364
- S.I. 2007/709 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 48)
- S.I. 2007/1092 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 3)
- S.I. 2008/219 art. 2 3 commences (2007 c. 27)
- S.I. 2008/755 art. 2 15-18 commences (2007 c. 27)
- S.I. 2008/2503 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 48)
- S.I. 2008/2504 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 27)
- S.I. 2009/812 art. 3 commences (2006 c. 52)
- S.I. 2009/1059 Order transitional provisions for effects of commencing SI 2009/812
- S.I. 2009/1167 art. 3 4 commences (2006 c. 52)
- S.I. 2009/3250 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 29)
- S.I. 2010/507 art. 2-5 commences (2009 c. 26)
- S.I. 2010/816 art. 2-6 Sch. commences (2009 c. 25)
- S.I. 2010/1986 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 26)
- S.I. 2010/2317 art. 2 3 commences (2010 c. 15)
- S.I. 2011/1066 art. 2 commences (2010 c. 15)
- S.I. 2011/1418 art. 2 commences (2010 c. 23)
- S.I. 2011/2834 art. 2 3 commences (2011 c. 13)
- S.I. 2011/3019 art. 3 Sch. 1 Comencement Order
- S.S.I. 2007/84 art. 3 commences (2006 asp 10)
- S.S.I. 2010/413 art. 2 Sch. commences (2010 asp 13)
- S.S.I. 2011/178 art. 2 commences (2010 asp 13)
- S.R. 2011/224 art. 2 commences (2011 c. 24 (N.I.))
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Annual plans and reportsE+W+S+N.I.
6Annual plansE+W+S+N.I.
(1)Before the beginning of each financial year SOCA must issue a plan setting out how SOCA intends to exercise its functions during that year (“the annual plan”).
(2)The annual plan must (in particular) set out how SOCA intends to exercise its functions in Scotland and in Northern Ireland.
(3)The annual plan must also include a statement of—
(a)any priorities which SOCA has determined for that year,
(b)any current strategic priorities determined by the Secretary of State under section 9,
(c)any current performance targets established by SOCA, and
(d)the financial resources that are expected to be available to SOCA for that year.
(4)Any priorities within subsection (3)(a) may relate—
(a)to matters to which strategic priorities determined under section 9 also relate, or
(b)to other matters,
but in any event must be so framed as to be consistent with strategic priorities determined under that section.
(5)The annual plan must state, in relation to each priority within subsection (3)(a) or (b), how SOCA intends to give effect to that priority.
(6)SOCA must arrange for the annual plan to be published in such manner as it considers appropriate.
(7)SOCA must send a copy of the annual plan to—
(a)the Secretary of State,
(b)the Scottish Ministers,
(c)the Commissioners,
(d)each police authority for an area in Great Britain, each joint police board and the Northern Ireland Policing Board,
(e)the chief officer of each police force in the United Kingdom, and
(f)such other persons as SOCA considers appropriate.
(8)In subsection (7)(d) the reference to a police authority for an area in Great Britain does not include a constituent authority in an amalgamation scheme approved under section 19(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77).
(9)Before issuing its annual plan for any financial year, SOCA must—
(a)consult the Scottish Ministers and agree with them what provision the plan is to make for Scotland by virtue of subsection (2); and
(b)consult such other persons as it considers appropriate.
7Annual reportsE+W+S+N.I.
(1)As soon as possible after the end of each financial year SOCA must issue a report on the exercise of its functions during that year (an “annual report”).
(2)The annual report must include an assessment of the extent to which the annual plan for that year under section 6 has been carried out.
(3)SOCA must arrange for the annual report to be published in such manner as it considers appropriate.
(4)SOCA must send a copy of the annual report to—
(a)the Secretary of State,
(b)the Scottish Ministers,
(c)the Commissioners,
(d)each police authority for an area in Great Britain, each joint police board and the Northern Ireland Policing Board,
(e)the chief officer of each police force in the United Kingdom, and
(f)such other persons as SOCA considers appropriate.
(5)In subsection (4)(d) the reference to a police authority for an area in Great Britain does not include a constituent authority in an amalgamation scheme approved under section 19(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967.
(6)The Secretary of State must lay a copy of the annual report before Parliament.
(7)The Scottish Ministers must lay a copy of the annual report before the Scottish Parliament.
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