Sch 5 para 8
(1) The Director General or any other NCA officer may be designated as a person having operational powers whether or not that person already has, or previously had, any such powers. (2) But see paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 for provision about persons who already have operational powers upon becoming NCA officers. (3) If a person is both— (a) an NCA officer designated as a person having operational powers, and (b) a special constable or a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve, none of the operational powers which the person has as an NCA officer are exercisable at any time when the person is exercising any power or privilege which the person has as a special constable or as a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve.