Transitional provisions relating to NCIS and NCS
4.—(1) The persons who are members of one or both of the Service Authorities for the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the National Crime Squad immediately before 1st April 2002 shall, unless reappointed with effect from that date, be treated as having resigned, in accordance with Schedule 2 to the 1997 Act(1), at that time.
(2) Any appointment of a person as the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Service pursuant to section 6 of the 1997 Act(2) or as Director General of the National Crime Squad pursuant to section 52 of that Act(3) which is in force immediately before 1st April 2002 shall continue to have effect as from that date.
Relevant amendments to Schedule 2 were made by the Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Adaptation of Functions etc.) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1747).
Section 6 was amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Adaptation of Functions etc.) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1747); section 74(1) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c. 32); and section 106 of the Access to Justice Act 1999 (c. 22).
Section 52 was amended by section 74 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 and section 106 of the Access to Justice Act 1999.