# The Police Act 1997 (Provisions in relation to the NCIS Service Authority) (No. 2) Order 1997, Article 12: Member’s interests


(1) Regulations made under section 19 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 shall apply to members of the Authority as they apply to members of the National Crime Squad Service Authority.
(2) Any member of the Authority who—
(a) without reasonable excuse fails to comply with the requirements of any regulations which apply by virtue of paragraph (1) above; or
(b) in giving a notice in compliance with any such requirement, provides information which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular or recklessly provides information which is false or misleading in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(3) Proceedings for an offence under paragraph (2) above shall not be instituted in England and Wales except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(4) Article 7 above shall not apply in relation to any notice given in pursuance of any regulations which apply to members of the Authority by virtue of paragraph (1) above, but—
(a) where such regulations provide that the giving of a notice in pursuance of any such regulations shall be deemed to be sufficient disclosure for the purposes of section 94 of the Local Government Act 1972 (disability of members of authorities for voting on account of interest in contracts etc.) or for the purposes of section 38 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, then such disclosure shall also be deemed to be sufficient disclosure for the purposes of article 5 above.
(b) where such regulations prescribe that the proper officer of the Authority is to maintain such records of the information contained in notices given to him as may be prescribed by those regulations and is to keep those records open to inspection by the public, the proper officer of the Authority shall be under the same obligation.
(5) The Authority shall not be entitled (whether by means of making it a condition of any appointment or by any other means whatever) to impose any obligations on their members to disclose any interests other than those that they are required to disclose by virtue of article 5 above or any regulations applied by virtue of paragraph (1) above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2391/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-provisions-in-relation-to-the-ncis-service-authority-no-2-order-1997/article-12
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