SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

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In section 15 (reports relating to directions under section 12)—

a

in subsection (4)(b) after “Scottish Ministers” insert “and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland”; and

b

after subsection (5) insert—

6

The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland must lay before the Northern Ireland Assembly any copy of a report sent to it under subsection (4).

7

Section 41(3) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 applies for the purposes of subsection (6) in relation to the laying of a copy of a report as it applies in relation to the laying of a statutory document under an enactment.