23Referral of applications and matters to Commissioner of Police

23 Referral of applications and matters to Commissioner of Police

23 Referral of applications and matters to Commissioner of Police

(1) The Secretary—

(a) must refer each application for the grant or renewal of a poppy licence to the Commissioner of Police, and

(b) may refer to the Commissioner of Police—

(i) an application for the grant of a poppy permit, or

(ii) any matter that may give rise under section 21 to the suspension, cancellation or amendment of a poppy licence or poppy permit.

(2) If the Secretary refers a matter to the Commissioner of Police, the Commissioner must cause the matter to be investigated and provide a report to the Secretary.

(3) If the Commissioner of Police informs the Secretary, within a period agreed between the Commissioner and the Secretary, that the Commissioner opposes the grant or renewal of a poppy licence or poppy permit, or opposes the grant or renewal of a poppy licence or poppy permit unless specified conditions are met, for reasons that, if given, would disclose criminal intelligence, the licence or permit must not be granted or renewed or must not be granted or renewed unless the specified conditions are met (as the case requires).

(4) The Commissioner of Police is not required to give reasons under subsection (3) to the extent that those reasons would disclose criminal intelligence.