Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision in relation to the NCIS Service Authority. Article 2 and the Schedule make provision about matters of the kind dealt with in section 99 and Schedule 12 (meetings and proceedings) of the Local Government Act 1972. Articles 3 to 6 make provision of kind dealt with by Part VI (discharge of functions by local authorities) of the Local Government Act 1972. The effect of the Order is to put the NCIS Service Authority in an analogous position to police authorities established under section 3 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) under those provisions.