The Act Schedule 1: The Serious Organised Crime Agency Section 10: Codes of practice
92.This section allows the Secretary of State to issue, and as necessary revise, codes of practice relating to the discharge by SOCA of any of their functions. Before issuing a code, the Secretary of State must consult SOCA, Scottish Ministers and other persons he thinks fit (subsection (3)). The Home Secretary would, in particular, also wish to consult the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Subsections (4) to (6) require the Secretary of State, subject to a sensitivity test, to lay before Parliament all codes of practice issued under this section.