The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 No. 976

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15 U.K. Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

11.—(1) Amend section 16 (inspections of SOCA) as follows. U.K.

(2) After subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) Before requesting an inspection that would fall to be carried out wholly or partly in Northern Ireland, the Secretary of State must consult the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.”

(3) In subsection (9) after paragraph (b) insert—

“and

(c) if the inspection was carried out wholly or partly in Northern Ireland, to the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.”

(4) In subsection (11) after paragraph (b) insert—

“and

(c) if the inspection was carried out wholly or partly in Northern Ireland, to the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 15 para. 11 in force at 12.4.2010, see art. 1(2)