Part VI

The police

General functions

Provision of information to Board
33A
1
The Chief Constable shall supply the Board with such information and documents as the Board may require for the purposes of, or in connection with, the exercise of any of its functions.
2
Subsection (1) does not require the Chief Constable to supply any information to the Board if it appears to the Chief Constable that the information is—
a
information the disclosure of which would be likely to put an individual in danger, or
b
information which ought not to be disclosed on any of the grounds mentioned in section 76A(1).
3
Subsection (4) applies if the Chief Constable supplies the Board with information which, in his opinion, is information which ought not to be disclosed on the ground mentioned in section 76A(1)(a).
4
The Chief Constable—
a
must inform the Secretary of State that the information has been supplied to the Board, and
b
must inform the Secretary of State and the Board that, in his opinion, the information is information which ought not to be disclosed on the ground mentioned in section 76A(1)(a).
5
Subsection (6) applies if the Chief Constable supplies the Board with information which, in his opinion, is—
a
information the disclosure of which would be likely to put an individual in danger, or
b
information which ought not to be disclosed on any of the grounds mentioned in section 76A(1)(b) or (c).
6
The Chief Constable—
a
must inform the Minister of Justice that the information has been supplied to the Board, and
b
must inform the Minister of Justice and the Board that, in his opinion, the information is information of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (5).
7
This section applies to the Director General of the National Crime Agency as it applies to the Chief Constable.
8
In the application of this section to the Director General of the National Crime Agency—
a
each reference to the Chief Constable is to be read as a reference to the Director General;
b
the reference in subsection (1) to the exercise of any of the Board’s functions is to be read as a reference to the exercise of any of the Board’s functions in relation to the National Crime Agency;
c
if subsection (6) applies, the Director General must inform the Secretary of State of the matters set out in subsection (6)(a) and (b) (in addition to informing the Minister of Justice, in the case of subsection (6)(a) and (b), and the Board, in the case of subsection (6)(b));
d
nothing in this section shall have effect in relation to anything done by the National Crime Agency outside Northern Ireland.
S. 33A inserted (8.4.2003) by Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6), s. 22
S. 33A(3)-(6) substituted for s. 33A(3)(4) (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 59(2) (with arts. 28-31)
S. 33A(7)(8) inserted (19.5.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), art. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 4