SCHEDULES

C1SCHEDULE 8Abolition of SOCA and NPIA

Annotations:

C1Part 1Transitional, transitory and saving provision

SOCA annual reports and accounts

I1C19

1

The repeal of sections 7 and 20 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (annual reports and accounts) by this Act does not affect the application of those sections, after the changeover, in relation to times before the changeover.

2

Sections 7 and 20 of the 2005 Act apply in relation to the final period as they apply to any financial year of SOCA (and, accordingly, references in those sections to a financial year of SOCA include references to the final period).

3

After the changeover, the duties imposed on SOCA by sections 7 and 20 of the 2005 Act are to be discharged by the Director General of the National Crime Agency.

4

In this paragraph “final period” means the period which—

a

begins with the last 1 April to fall before the changeover, and

b

ends with the changeover.