# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Section 207: Application of section 205 to Secretary of State

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The duties in section 205(1) and (2) apply in relation to the Secretary of State only to the extent that the proposed employee or proposed appointee will be involved in the exercise of the functions of the Ministry of Defence Police.
(2) The additional duties in subsections (3) and (4) apply where the Secretary of State is proposing to arrange for an existing employee or existing appointee to become involved in the exercise of the functions of the Ministry of Defence Police (not having previously been so involved).
(3) Before making the arrangement, the Secretary of State must check each barred list to ascertain whether the existing employee or existing appointee is a barred person.
(4) The Secretary of State may not arrange for an existing employee or existing appointee who is a barred person to become involved in the exercise of the functions of the Ministry of Defence Police.
(5) For the purposes of this section, a person who is seconded to work for the Secretary of State is to be regarded as an existing appointee of the Secretary of State (if not an existing employee).
(6) In this section references to the Secretary of State are to be read in accordance with section 206(1)(i).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/207 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-207
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