{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998/article-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/354",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Determination by nominated person",
  "text": "(1) Where a nominated person has been appointed under article 4 above, he shall (as soon as practicable after his appointment) proceed to determine in accordance with paragraphs (4) to (8) below a dispute as to which (if any) transfers of property, rights and liabilities from a police authority or the Receiver to the National Crime Squad Service Authority it is fair and reasonable to make.\n(2) Where a nominated person appointed under article 4 above determines that a transfer shall be made, he shall draw up an instrument to give effect to his determination, and any such instrument shall specify the date or dates on which it is to take effect.\n(3) A nominated person shall not determine a dispute unless both parties to it have been afforded an opportunity to make written or, if either so requests, oral representations and any such representations have been considered.\n(4) Any oral representations shall be made at a hearing on a date and at a place appointed by the nominated person after consultation with the parties to the dispute.\n(5) The parties shall have the right to appear by Counsel or a solicitor or by the clerk or other officer of either of the parties.\n(6) The nominated person shall be paid such remuneration and reimbursed for such expenses as—\n(a) the parties to the dispute may determine before he is appointed; or\n(b) in the absence of such agreement, may be determined by the Secretary of State.\n(7) The nominated person shall make such order as to which of the parties to the dispute shall pay the costs incurred under this article, including the costs incurred under paragraphs (5) and (6) above, as may appear to him to be fair and reasonable.\n(8) Any order under paragraph (7) above may apportion the costs between the parties.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/354/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:37:26.572253+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."
}