Paragraph 71

United Kingdom

(1)

Section 22 of the Criminal Appeals Act 1995 (meaning of “public body” etc.) shall be amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (2)—

F1(a)

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(b)

for paragraph (b) (meaning of “chief officer of police”) there shall be substituted—

“(b)

references to the chief officer of police—

(i)

in relation to the F2Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve, are to the Chief Constable of the Constabulary,

(ii)

in relation to the National Crime Squad, are to the Director General of the Squad, and

(iii)

in relation to any other police force maintained otherwise than by a police authority, are to the chief constable,”,

(c)

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(d)

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F3(3)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 9 para. 71(2)(a)(c)(d) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 13(dd)
F2: Words in Sch. 9 para. 71(2)(b) substituted (4.11.2001) by 2000 c. 32, s. 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 20(2)(a)(b); S.R. 2001/396, art. 2, Sch.
F3: Sch. 9 para. 71(3) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 13(dd)

Notes on Schedule 9

Extent

E1: The amendments in Sch. 9 have the same extent as the enactments to which they refer