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(1)The performance by—
(a)the Deputy Director General of the Agency of the Deputy Director General’s functions; and
(b)a police member of the Agency of the member’s functions,
is subject to the direction of the Director General.
(2)In giving direction under subsection (1) the Director General must comply with any instructions (whether general or special) falling within subsection (3).
(3)Those instructions are—
(a)in relation to the investigation of offences, any instructions given to the Director General by the Lord Advocate or the procurator fiscal; and
(b)in relation to the reporting, for consideration of the question of prosecution, of alleged offences, any instructions given to the Director General by the Lord Advocate.
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