1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Crime Squad Service Authority (Members' Interests) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st May 1998.

2. The Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Regulations 1992(2) are amended as provided in regulations 3 and 4 below.

3. In regulation 2-

(a)in the definition of "authority" after sub-paragraph (iii)(b) there is inserted-

"(c)the National Crime Squad Service Authority;";

(b)in the definition of "relevant member" for sub-paragraph (iii) there is substituted-

"(iii)in the case of the National Crime Squad Service Authority, means any member of the authority;

(iv)in any other case, means an elected member of the authority.".

4. In regulation 3-

(a)after paragraph (2) there is inserted-

"(2A) A person who is relevant member of the National Crime Squad Service Authority immediately before 1st May 1998 shall give the general notice not later than one month after the date, being a date on or after that date, on which he first attends a relevant meeting.";

(b)after paragraph (3A) there is inserted-

"(3B) A person who becomes a relevant member of the National Crime Squad Service Authority (other than by a re-appointment taking effect immediately after cessation of his membership) on or after 1st May 1998 shall give the relevant notice not later than-

(a)one month after that date, or

(b)one month after the date on which he first attends a relevant meeting,

whichever is the later.";

(c)in paragraph (5) after "police authority" there is inserted ", the National Crime Squad Service Authority".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Regulations 1992 require an elected member of a local authority to give the local authority of which he is a member written notice of any interest he holds which is described in the Regulations. These Regulations extend with modifications this requirement to members of the National Crime Squad Authority.