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Section 5 Duties of cooperation etcI1I2

United Kingdom

(1)

A partner authority must, so far as appropriate and reasonably practicable, cooperate with the Commander in the carrying out of the Commander’s functions.

(2)

The duty under subsection (1) extends only so far as the cooperation is compatible with the exercise of the partner authority’s other functions.

(3)

The Commander and a person to whom this subsection applies must put in place arrangements governing cooperation between the Commander and that person in support of the Commander’s functions.

(4)

Subsection (3) applies to—

(a)

the Director-General of the Security Service,

(b)

the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, and

(c)

the Director of GCHQ.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

S. 5 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 65(1)

I2

S. 5 in force at 5.1.2026 by S.I. 2025/1318, reg. 2(a)