Part 5Civil recovery of the proceeds etc. of unlawful conduct

Chapter 4General

Delegation of enforcement functions

I1313 Restriction on performance of Director’s functions by police

1

In spite of section 1(6), nothing which the Director is authorised or required to do for the purposes of this Part may be done by—

a

a member of a police force,

b

a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland,

c

a person appointed as a police member of the National Criminal Intelligence Service under section 9(1)(b) of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50),

d

a person appointed as a police member of the National Crime Squad under section 55(1)(b) of that Act.

2

In this section—

a

member of a police force” has the same meaning as in the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) and includes a person who would be a member of a police force but for section 97(3) of that Act (police officers engaged on service outside their force),

b

member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland” includes a person who would be a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland but for section 27(3) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c. 32) (members of that service engaged on other police service).