{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/22",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Courts Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may direct the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to provide specified assistance to the NCA if it appears to the Department that it is appropriate for the NCA to receive directed assistance from the Chief Constable.\n(2) Before giving such a direction, the Department of Justice must consult—\n(a) the Northern Ireland Policing Board, and\n(b) any other persons the Department considers it appropriate to consult.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 15 in force at 7.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 15: \"the relevant NCA provisions\" as specified in the table in Sch. 24 para. 9, and to the extent there specified, do not extend to Northern Ireland, see Sch. 24 paras. 1, 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/22/schedule/3/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:16.888200+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}