# The NCIS (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1998, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order sets out the Secretary of State’s objectives for the National Criminal Intelligence Service (“NCIS”). Section 2 of the Police Act 1997 requires the NCIS Service Authority to have regard to these objectives in the discharge of its functions. Section 4 of the 1997 Act requires the NCIS Service Authority to issue a service plan which must give particulars of these objectives.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/110/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ncis-secretary-of-states-objectives-order-1998/note
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