9.—(1) Section 18 of the 2002 Act (inspections of police premises on behalf of the Commission)(1) is modified as follows.
(2) In the heading omit “police”.
(3) In subsection (1)—
(a)in paragraph (a), for sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) substitute “the appropriate authority”;
(b)for “that force” substitute “immigration officers exercising specified enforcement functions and officials of the Secretary of State exercising specified enforcement functions in relation to immigration or asylum”; and
(c)for “authority or, as the case may be, of the chief officer” substitute “appropriate authority”.
(4) In subsection (2)(2), for “force in question” substitute the “appropriate authority”.
(5) In subsection (3), for “authority or chief officer” substitute “appropriate authority”.
(6) In subsection (5)(b), for “police authorities and chief officers” substitute “the appropriate authority”.
Section 18 of the 2002 Act has been amended by section 160 of, and paragraphs 1 and 6 of Schedule 12 to, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.
Section 18(2) of the 2002 Act has been amended by section 160 of, and paragraphs 1 and 6 of Schedule 12 to, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.