Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

29Payment by SOCA of amounts in connection with unlawful conduct of employees etc.
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(1)SOCA may, in such cases and to such extent as appear to it to be appropriate, pay—

(a)any damages or costs awarded against a person to whom this section applies in proceedings for any unlawful conduct of that person;

(b)any costs (or, in Scotland, expenses) incurred and not recovered by such a person in such proceedings, and

(c)any sum required in connection with the settlement of a claim that has, or might have, given rise to such proceedings.

(2)This section applies to—

(a)any person who is employed by SOCA,

(b)any constable or other person who has been seconded to SOCA to serve as a member of its staff, and

(c)any constable or other person who has been provided for the assistance of SOCA under section 23, 24 or 25.