The Act Commentary on Sections Part 1: The Serious Organised Crime Agency Section 1: Establishment of Serious Organised Crime Agency
68.This section provides for the creation of the Serious Organised Crime Agency and for the abolition of the National Criminal Intelligence Service, the National Crime Squad and their respective Service Authorities (all established by Parts 1 and 2 of the Police Act 1997). SOCA will be an executive Non-Departmental Public Body. Subsection (2) gives effect to Schedule 1, which sets out details of the constitution and staffing of SOCA.