# Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, Paragraph 3


After section 2 insert—
“Authority to be treated as cross-border public authority etc. for certain purposes
2A For the purposes of—
(a) section 5(5B) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (restriction on investigatory powers of Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration);
(b) section 23(2)(b) of the Scotland Act 1998 (power of Scottish Parliament to require persons outside Scotland to give evidence or produce documents);
(c) section 70(6) of that Act of 1998 (accounts prepared by cross-border authorities);
(d) section 91(3)(d) of that Act of 1998 (provision for investigation of certain complaints); and
(e) section 7(5) of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (restriction on investigatory powers of ombudsman),
the Authority is to be treated as a cross-border public authority within the meaning of that Act of 1998.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/15/schedule/15/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005/schedule-15/paragraph-3
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