Article 5 Meaning of UK law-enforcement body, chief officer and payable institution
In this Order, a reference to—
(a)
a UK law-enforcement body is to a body specified in the first column of the following table;
(b)
the chief officer of a UK law-enforcement body is to the person specified in the corresponding entry in the second column of the table;
(c)
the payable institution in relation to a UK law-enforcement body is to the person specified in the corresponding entry in the third column of the table.
| UK law-enforcement body | Chief officer | Payable institution |
|---|---|---|
| a police force in England and Wales within the meaning of section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996 f1 | the chief officer of police as defined by section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996 | the local policing body as defined by section 101(1) of the Police Act 1996 |
| the Police Service of Northern Ireland | the body’s chief constable | the Northern Ireland Policing Board |
| the Royal Navy Police | the body’s Provost Marshal | the body’s Provost Marshal |
| the Royal Military Police | the body’s Provost Marshal | the body’s Provost Marshal |
| the Royal Air Force Police | the body’s Provost Marshal | the body’s Provost Marshal |
| the Ministry of Defence Police | the body’s chief constable | the Ministry of Defence Police Committee |
| the British Transport Police | the body’s chief constable | the British Transport Police Authority |
| the Civil Nuclear Constabulary | the body’s chief constable | the Civil Nuclear Police Authority |
| the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs | any of the Commissioners | the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs |
| the National Crime Agency | the body’s Director general | the body |
| the tri-service serious crime unit (as defined in section 375(1A) of the Armed Forces Act 2006 f2 | the Provost Marshal for serious crime | the Provost Marshal for serious crime |
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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1996 c. 16. Section 101(1) was relevantly amended by section 96(2) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13).
- f2
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2006 c. 52. Subsection (1A) of section 375 was inserted by section 12(4) of the Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35).