Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000

[F1 71A Section 71: meaning of “authorised person” U.K.

(1) In section 71 “authorised person” means a person specified in the first column of the following table who is authorised by the person specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of the table to receive information under that section.

Person	Authorising officer
a constable	the person whose direction and control the constable is under
a member of civilian police staff	the person whose direction and control the member of civilian police staff is under
a police volunteer designated under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002	the chief officer of police whose direction and control the police volunteer is under
a National Crime Agency officer	the Director General of the National Crime Agency
a member, or a member of the staff, of the Independent Office of Police Conduct	the Director General of the Independent Office of Police Conduct
a member of the staff of the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner	the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner
an officer of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland	the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
a member of a service police force, or any other person who is under the direction and control of a Provost Marshal	the relevant Provost Marshal
a person appointed as an investigating officer by, or a member of the staff of, the Service Police Complaints Commissioner	the Service Police Complaints Commissioner
Isle of Man
a member of the Isle of Man Constabulary, or an employee of the Isle of Man Public Services Commission	the Chief Constable of the Isle of Man Constabulary
an officer of customs and excise, or an immigration officer, of the Isle of Man	the Treasury Minister of the Isle of Man
a member of staff of the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Isle of Man	the Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Isle of Man
Jersey
a member of the States of Jersey Police Force	the Chief Officer of the States of Jersey Police Force
a deputy Agent of the Impôts, or an officer of the Impôts, of the Bailiwick of Jersey	the Agent of the Impôts of the Bailiwick of Jersey
a member or employee of the Jersey Financial Intelligence Unit	the Director of the Jersey Financial Intelligence Unit
an employee of the Law Officers’ Department	His Majesty’s Attorney General for Jersey
Guernsey
a member of the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey, or an employee of the States of Guernsey	the Chief Officer of the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey
an officer of customs and excise, or an immigration officer, of the Bailiwick of Guernsey	the Chief Officer of Customs and Excise of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
a person authorised to exercise a function of the Director of the Economic and Financial Crime Bureau of the Bailiwick of Guernsey	the Director of the Economic and Financial Crime Bureau of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
a member of staff of the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Bailiwick of Guernsey	the Head of the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
Gibraltar
a member of the Royal Gibraltar Police	the Commissioner of the Royal Gibraltar Police
a member of the Gibraltar Defence Police	the Chief Officer of the Gibraltar Defence Police
a member of civilian staff in the Gibraltar Defence Police	the person whose direction and control the member of civilian staff is under

(2) In the table—

• “member of civilian police staff” means a person who is not a constable but who—

  (a)

  is—

  (i)

  employed, or engaged to provide services, for the purposes of a body of constables, and

  (ii)

  under the direction and control of a person who has the direction and control of a body of constables, or

  (b)

  is under the direction and control of the chief constable of the Ministry of Defence Police;

• “officer”, in relation to the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, means an officer of the Ombudsman within the meaning of Part 7 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (see section 50 of that Act);

• “relevant Provost Marshal” means—

  (a)

  in relation to a member of a service police force—

  (i)

  the Provost Marshal of that service police force, or

  (ii)

  in the case of a member of the tri-service serious crime unit described in section 375(1A) of the Armed Forces Act 2006, the Provost Marshal for serious crime;

  (b)

  in relation to any other person who is under the direction and control of a Provost Marshal, that Provost Marshal;

• “service police force” has the same meaning as in the Armed Forces Act 2006 (see section 375(1) of that Act).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 71-71C substituted for s. 71 (29.4.2026 for specified purposes, 29.6.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 181(2), 255(1)(2)(e); S.I. 2026/689, reg. 2(1)(u) (with reg. 3)