Regulation 3 Amendments to the 1999 Regulations
(1)
Regulation 4 of the 1999 Regulations is amended as follows.
(2)
In paragraph (1) for the definition of “the appropriate authority” there is substituted—
““the appropriate authority” means, in relation to a senior officer of any police force, the police authority for the force’s area and in relation to a senior officer of the National Crime Squad, the Service Authority for that Squad;”.
(3)
The following paragraph is inserted—
“(2)In these Regulations—
(a)a reference to a police force shall include a reference to the National Crime Squad,
(b)a reference to a police authority shall include a reference to the Service Authority for that Squad, and
(c)a reference to a chief officer includes a reference to the Director General of that Squad.”