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Explanatory note

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(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”). These objectives replace those set out in the NCIS (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1998, which is revoked by this Order. Section 2(4)(a) 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.