Part 1Police

Chapter 1The Scottish Police Services Authority

The Scottish Police Services Authority

2Duty to establish and maintain the Agency

(1)

The Authority is to establish and maintain a body to be known as the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (“the Agency”).

(2)

The Agency has the functions of—

(a)

preventing and detecting serious organised crime;

(b)

contributing to the reduction of such crime in other ways and to the mitigation of its consequences; and

(c)

gathering, storing and analysing information relevant to—

(i)

the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of offences; or

(ii)

the reduction of crime in other ways or the mitigation of its consequences.

(3)

The Agency may disseminate such information to—

(a)

police forces;

(b)

police forces maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16);

(c)

the metropolitan police force;

(d)

the City of London police force;

(e)

the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

(f)

the States of Jersey Police Force;

(g)

the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey;

(h)

the Isle of Man Constabulary;

(i)

the Ministry of Defence Police;

(j)

the British Transport Police Force;

(k)

the Civil Nuclear Constabulary;

(l)

the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and any other government department;

(m)

the Serious Organised Crime Agency;

(n)

the Scottish Administration;

(o)

any other person who is charged with the duty of investigating offences or charging offenders;

(p)

any other person who is engaged outwith the United Kingdom in the carrying on of activities similar to any carried on by the Agency or a police force.