1 The National Crime Agency
Crime and Courts Act 2013 (2013 c 22) | Legislation

Part 1 The National Crime Agency

The NCA and its officers

1  The National Crime Agency

(1)     A National Crime Agency, consisting of the NCA officers, is to be formed.

(2)     The NCA is to be under the direction and control of one of the NCA officers, who is to be known as the Director General of the National Crime Agency.

(3)     The NCA is to have—

(a)     the functions conferred by this section;

(b)     the functions conferred by the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; and

(c)     the other functions conferred by this Act and by other enactments.

(4)     The NCA is to have the function (the “crime-reduction function”) of securing

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