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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-criminal-intelligence-service-secretary-of-states-objectives-order-2002/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/778",
  "legislation_title": "The National Criminal Intelligence Service (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-criminal-intelligence-service-secretary-of-states-objectives-order-2002",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The objectives for the National Criminal Intelligence Service are—\n(a) to provide high quality assessments and actionable intelligence, where appropriate in partnership with other law enforcement agencies, in support of:\n(i) the Government’s interagency strategy for reducing the supply of class A controlled drugs in the United Kingdom; and\n(ii) the Government’s interagency strategy for combating organised immigration crime (people smuggling and human trafficking) affecting the United Kingdom;\n(b) to provide high quality assessments and actionable intelligence in order to increase disruption of criminal enterprises engaged in other forms of serious and organised crime within or affecting the United Kingdom, according to agreed priorities, and maximising mutual support and co-operation with law enforcement agencies at local, national and international levels.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/778/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:10:18.613203+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."
}