Part 1Police

Chapter 1The Scottish Police Services Authority

The Scottish Police Services Authority

2Duty to establish and maintain the Agency

1

The Authority is to establish and maintain a body to be known as the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (“the Agency”).

2

The Agency has the functions of—

a

preventing and detecting serious organised crime;

b

contributing to the reduction of such crime in other ways and to the mitigation of its consequences; and

c

gathering, storing and analysing information relevant to—

i

the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of offences; or

ii

the reduction of crime in other ways or the mitigation of its consequences.

3

The Agency may disseminate such information to—

a

police forces;

b

police forces maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16);

c

the metropolitan police force;

d

the City of London police force;

e

the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

f

the States of Jersey Police Force;

g

the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey;

h

the Isle of Man Constabulary;

i

the Ministry of Defence Police;

j

the British Transport Police Force;

k

the Civil Nuclear Constabulary;

l

the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and any other government department;

m

the Serious Organised Crime Agency;

n

the Scottish Administration;

o

any other person who is charged with the duty of investigating offences or charging offenders;

p

any other person who is engaged outwith the United Kingdom in the carrying on of activities similar to any carried on by the Agency or a police force.