Part 3Interpretation of the table
1(1)This paragraph applies for the purposes of the first three entries in Part 1 of the table.
(2)A police force (police force 1) is a collaborative force in relation to another police force (police force 2) if—
(a)the chief officers of both police forces are parties to the same agreement under section 22A of the Police Act 1996, and
(b)the members of police force 1 are permitted by the terms of the agreement to make applications under section 106 to the chief officer of police force 2.
(3)A National Crime Agency officer is included in a collaboration agreement with a police force if—
(a)the Director General of the National Crime Agency and the chief officer of the police force are parties to the same agreement under section 22A of the Police Act 1996, and
(b)the National Crime Agency officer is permitted by the terms of the agreement to make applications under section 106 to the chief officer of the police force.
2(1)This paragraph applies for the purposes of the sixth entry in Part 1 of the table (which relates to the National Crime Agency).
(2)A police force is a collaborative police force in relation to the National Crime Agency if—
(a)the chief officer of the police force and the Director General of the National Crime Agency are parties to the same agreement under section 22A of the Police Act 1996, and
(b)the members of the police force are permitted by the terms of the agreement to make applications under section 106 to the Director General of the National Crime Agency.
3For the purpose of the sixth entry in Part 2 of the table, the reference to a staff officer of the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner is a reference to any person who—
(a)is a member of the Commissioner’s staff appointed under paragraph 7A of schedule 4 to the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 10), or
(b)is a member of the Commissioner’s staff appointed under paragraph 7 of that schedule to whom paragraph 7B(2) of that schedule applies.
4In this Schedule, “police force” means—
(a)any police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996;
(b)the metropolitan police force;
(c)the City of London police force.