Part 6Miscellaneous
Appointment and attestation of police officers etc.
87Police members of NCS
(1)
Section 55 of the 1997 Act (members of National Crime Squad) shall be amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (2)—
(a)
“(a)
he met the requirements of subsection (3) immediately before his appointment took effect and his appointment is to a police rank in the National Crime Squad; or”.
(b)
in paragraph (b), the words from “to which” to “applies” shall be omitted.
(3)
“(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;
(d)
he is a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;
(e)
he is a member of NCIS;
(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 the National Crime Squad 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)
“(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 2B of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987 (c. 4).”