Part 6

Miscellaneous

Appointment and attestation of police officers etc.

Police members of NCIS
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1
Section 9 of the 1997 Act (members of NCIS) shall be amended as follows.
2
In subsection (2)—
a
for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—
a
he met the requirements of subsection (3) immediately before his appointment took effect and his appointment is to a police rank in NCIS; or
; and
b
in paragraph (b), the words from “to which” to “applies” shall be omitted.
3
For subsection (3) (qualifications for appointment as a police member) there shall be substituted—
3
A person meets the requirements of this subsection if he is attested or sworn as a constable and—
a
he is a member of a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996;
b
he is a member of the metropolitan police force or of the City of London police force;
c
he is a regular constable within the meaning of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77);
d
he is a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;
e
he is a member of the National Crime Squad;
f
he is a member of the Ministry of Defence Police appointed on the nomination of the Secretary of State under section 1 of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987 (c. 4) ;
g
he is a member of the British Transport Police Force;
h
he is a member of the States of Jersey Police Force;
i
he is a member of the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey;
j
he is a member of the Isle of Man Constabulary; or
k
he is engaged with NCIS on a period of temporary service.
4
In subsection (9), in paragraph (a) (restriction on delegation to Director General of appointment of police members), after “police member” there shall be inserted “with the rank of assistant chief constable,”.
5
After that subsection, there shall be inserted—
9A
In this section “a period of temporary service” means a period of temporary service to which any of the following provisions applies—
a
section 97 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16);
b
section 38A of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;
c
section 27 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c. 32);
d
section 2B of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987.