# Crime and Courts Act 2013, Paragraph 10


(1) The Director General may arrange for any function of the Director General to be exercised by a senior NCA officer who is designated for the purpose by the Director General.
(2) A designation under this paragraph may provide for a function to be exercised by—
(a) one or more senior NCA officers specified in the designation, or
(b) one or more senior NCA officers of a description specified in the designation.
(3) The Director General's powers of direction under section 5(5) and paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 may not be delegated under this paragraph.
(4) But those powers of direction may, in the absence of the Director General for any reason, be exercised by a senior NCA officer nominated for this purpose by the Director General.
(5) In this paragraph “senior NCA officer” means an NCA officer who is at, or above, a grade specified for this purpose by the Secretary of State in the framework document.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/22/schedule/1/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013/schedule-1/paragraph-10
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