Statutory Instruments
2010 No. 1955
Serious Organised Crime Agency
The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Disclosure of Information by SOCA) Order 2010
Made
2nd August 2010
Coming into force in accordance with Article 1
This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 33(2)(f) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005( 1 ).
In accordance with section 172(5) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Disclosure of Information by SOCA) Order 2010 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) In this Order “national anti-doping organisation” has the meaning given in Appendix 1 to the World Anti-Doping Code which was adopted by the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Foundation Board on 17 th November 2007 and which came into effect on 1 st January 2009( 2 ).
Disclosure of information by SOCA
2. The functions of United Kingdom Anti-Doping Limited (a company limited by guarantee with registration number 6990867) when it is acting as a national anti-doping organisation are designated for the purposes of section 33 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, being functions which appear to the Secretary of State to be functions of a public nature.
Nick Herbert
Minister of State
Home Office
2nd August 2010
The World Anti-Doping Code is available to download from the website of the World Anti-Doping Agency at http://www.wada-ama.org/Documents/World_Anti-Doping_Program/WADP-The-Code/WADA_Anti-Doping_CODE_2009_EN.pdf