Explanatory Notes

Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

2005 CHAPTER 15

7th April 2005

The Act

Commentary on Sections

Schedule 1: The Serious Organised Crime Agency

Section 42: Interpretation of Chapter 1

136.This section provides definitions and meanings for some of the terminology used in Chapter 1, including the terms "chief officer", "the Commissioners", "constable", and "financial year". For the purposes of this Chapter, the definitions of "prevention" and "detection" given in subsection (5) of section 81 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 apply. That subsection provides that: detecting crime includes—

(a)

establishing by whom, for what purpose, by what means and generally in what circumstances any crime was committed; and

(b)

the apprehension of the person by whom any crime was committed.