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.