{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/22",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Courts Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Strategic priorities",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of the State must determine strategic priorities for the NCA.\n(2) In determining strategic priorities for the NCA (including deciding whether there should be such priorities), the Secretary of State must consult—\n(a) the strategic partners,\n(b) the Director General, and\n(c) any other persons whom the Secretary of State considers it is appropriate to consult.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 3(2)(a) extended (N.I.) (20.3.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 3(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 27.5.2013 by S.I. 2013/1042, art. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "S. 3(2)(a): \"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/section/3",
    "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."
}