Sch 9 para 71
(1) Section 22 of the Criminal Appeals Act 1995 (meaning of “ public body ” etc.) shall be amended as follows. (2) In subsection (2)— (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) for paragraph (b) (meaning of “ chief officer of police ”) there shall be substituted— (b) references to the chief officer of police— (i) in relation to the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve , are to the Chief Constable of the Constabulary, (ii) in relation to the National Crime Squad, are to the Director General of the Squad, and (iii) in relation to any other police force maintained otherwise than by a police authority, are to the chief constable, (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .