# The Police Act 1997 (Provisions in relation to the NCIS Service Authority) Order 1998, Article I9: Disposal of land at direction of Secretary of State


(1) The Secretary of State may direct the Authority to take steps for the disposal of the interest held by it in any land which for the time being satisfies the conditions specified in article 15(2) above or any lesser interest in such land being, in either case, steps which it is necessary to take to dispose of the interest and which it is in its power to take.
(2) A direction under this article may specify the steps to be taken for the disposal of an interest in land and the terms and conditions on which an offer to dispose of it is to be made.
(3) A direction under this article may include provision that no disposal of an interest to which the direction relates shall, while the direction remains unrevoked, be made in favour of a person or body who—
(a) is specified, or is of a description specified, in the direction, and
(b) is at the date the disposal is proposed to be made associated with the body to whom the direction is given.
(4) A direction under this article may be varied or revoked by a further direction.
(5) The power to give directions conferred by this article is in addition to and not in derogation from any such power conferred by any other enactment.
(6) In this article and article 110 below references to the disposal of an interest in land include references to the grant of an interest in land.
(7) In paragraph (3) above references to a disposal of an interest include references to a contract to dispose of an interest, and references to making a disposal include references to entering into such a contract.
(8) For the purposes of paragraph (3) above a person is associated with a body if (but only if)—
(a) he is a member of the body or of a subsidiary of the body, or
(b) he is a nominee of the body or of a subsidiary of the body.
(9) For the purposes of paragraph (3) above a body is associated with another body if (but only if)—
(a) the other body, or a subsidiary of the other body, is a member of it,
(b) any of its members is also a member of the other body or a subsidiary of the other body, or
(c) any of its members is a nominee of the other body or of a subsidiary of the other body.
(10) In paragraphs (7) and (8) above “subsidiary” has the same meaning as in section 736(1) of the Companies Act 1985.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/633/article/I9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-provisions-in-relation-to-the-ncis-service-authority-order-1998/article-I9
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