SCHEDULE 1MODIFICATION OF PART 2 OF THE 2002 ACT

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1

Section 16 of the 2002 Act (payment for assistance with investigations)31 is modified as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

in paragraph (a)—

i

for “one” substitute “a”;

ii

for “to another” substitute “to the appropriate authority”; and

iii

omit “or”;

b

at the end of paragraph (b) insert “or”; and

c

after paragraph (b) insert—

c

a police force provides assistance by agreement under paragraph 17A(2) or 18A(2) of Schedule 3.

3

In subsection (2)(a)32—

a

for “one police force to another” substitute “a police force to the appropriate authority”;

b

for “the first force (“the assisting force”)” substitute “that force”;

c

in sub-paragraph (i) for “a member of the other force” substitute “an immigration officer exercising specified enforcement functions or an official of the Secretary of State exercising specified enforcement functions in relation to immigration or asylum”; and

d

in sub-paragraph (ii)—

i

for “relevant officer” substitute “person being investigated”; and

ii

for “a member of the other force” substitute “an immigration officer exercising specified enforcement functions or an official of the Secretary of State exercising specified enforcement functions in relation to immigration or asylum”.

4

In subsection (2)(b)33—

a

omit “(“the assisting force”)”;

b

in sub-paragraph (i), for “not a member of that force” substitute “an immigration officer exercising specified enforcement functions or an official of the Secretary of State exercising specified functions in relation to immigration or asylum”; and

c

in sub-paragraph (ii)—

i

for “relevant officer” substitute “person being investigated”; and

ii

for “not a member of that force” substitute “an immigration officer exercising specified enforcement functions or an official of the Secretary of State exercising specified enforcement functions in relation to immigration or asylum” (in each place that it occurs).

5

In subsection (3)—

a

for “one police force to another, the police authority maintaining that other police force” substitute “a police force to the appropriate authority or to the Commission or where a police force provides assistance by agreement under paragraph 17A(2) or 18A(2) of Schedule 3, the Secretary of State”;

b

for “the assisting force” substitute “that force”;

c

omit “(if any)”; and

d

in paragraph (b)(ii) omit “, by one police force to another”.

6

Omit subsection (4) to (7)34.