{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-8.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/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Director General may provide assistance to—\n(a) a UK police force, or\n(b) an Island police force;\nif the chief officer of the police force requests assistance to be provided.\n(2) The Director General may provide assistance to—\n(a) a UK law enforcement agency, or\n(b) an Island law enforcement agency,\nif the agency requests assistance to be provided.\n(3) A request may be made under this paragraph only if the chief officer, or agency, considers that the police force, or agency, has a special need for the Director General to provide assistance.\n(4) A request under this paragraph must—\n(a) state the special need for assistance, and\n(b) specify the assistance that is wanted.\n(5) If a request is made under this paragraph, the Director General may provide such assistance as the Director General considers appropriate in all the circumstances.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 8 in force at 7.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/22/schedule/3/paragraph/8",
    "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."
}