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Security Service Act 1996

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1Functions of Security Service

(1)At the end of section 1 of the [1989 c. 5.] Security Service Act 1989 there shall be added—

“(4)It shall also be the function of the Service to act in support of the activities of police forces and other law enforcement agencies in the prevention and detection of serious crime.”

(2)In subsection (2) of section 2 of that Act (which imposes duties on the Director-General) after paragraph (b) there shall be added—

  • “; and

    (c)that there are arrangements, agreed with a person designated by the Secretary of State, for co-ordinating the activities of the Service in pursuance of section 1(4) of this Act with the activities of police forces and other law enforcement agencies”.

(3)After subsection (3A) of that section there shall be inserted—

“(3B)The Secretary of State shall designate for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) above a person who is or has been a chief officer of police of a police force in England and Wales, the chief officer of a police force in Scotland or the chief constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.”

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