Commentary on Sections Schedule 1: Assets Recovery Agency Section 5: Advice and assistance
20.Section 5 requires the Director to give such advice and assistance to the Secretary of State as he may reasonably require, in relation to the matters set out in section 5(a) and 5(b). The Director might, for example, if required to do so, propose amendments to the Government’s strategy and targets for recovering the proceeds of crime. He might also be required to advise and assist the Secretary of State on matters connected with his own functions.