Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001

Paragraph 8

342. Paragraph 8 substitutes new paragraphs 7, 7A and 7B for paragraph 7 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, of the Police Act 1997. The new paragraphs make provision about the appointment of members of the NCIS Service Authority additional to the core members, where no order has been made under section 1(2) increasing the membership of the Authority. Instead of nine additional members, the Act provides for three.

343. Currently the nine additional members are –

(a)

a Chief Constable in Scotland;

(b)

a Deputy Chief Constable in the Royal Ulster Constabulary;

(c)

two local authority members of police authorities in England and Wales;

(d)

one member of a police authority in Scotland;

(e)

one member of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland;

(f)

two Crown servants;

(g)

one customs officer;

Under the new paragraphs 7, 7A and 7B the three additional members are-

(a)

one who is either a Chief Constable in Scotland, a member of a police authority in Scotland or a Crown servant, as decided by the Secretary of State after consultation with the Scottish Ministers;

(b)

one who is either a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary/Police Service in Northern Ireland (of at least the rank of Deputy Chief Constable) or a member of the Police Authority for Northern Ireland/Northern Ireland Policing Board or a Crown servant, as decided by the Secretary of State;

(c)

one who is a member of the Security Service.