The National Crime Squad (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/821
• Sections: 3

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the National Crime Squad (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

Section 2

The National Crime Squad (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1998 is hereby revoked.

Section 3

The objectives for the National Crime Squad are–

(a) to improve, in partnership, where appropriate, with other law enforcement agencies, the quality of operations leading to the arrest and prosecution of individuals, or the dismantling or disruption of criminal enterprises, engaged in serious and organised crime within or which impacts on the United Kingdom;

(b) having regard to the Command Paper entitled “Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain – the Government’s Ten-Year Strategy for Tackling Drugs Misuse” , and in partnership, where appropriate, with other law enforcement agencies, to suppress the availability of controlled drugs in the United Kingdom–

(i) by reducing the unlawful manufacture and distribution of controlled drugs within the United Kingdom,

(ii) by reducing the quantity of such drugs entering the United Kingdom unlawfully, and

(iii) by the arrest and prosecution of individuals, leading to the dismantling or disruption of criminal enterprises engaged in serious and organised crime connected with drug trafficking.