Appointment of senior officersE+W
11.—(1) Subject to section 11(1) of the Act and regulations 9 and 10, no person shall be appointed as a chief constable of a police force unless he holds or has held such rank and for such period as the Secretary of State shall determine in respect of such appointments.
(2) An appointment on or after 1st April 2003 to the rank of—
(a)chief constable, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable in a police force maintained under section 2 of the Act;
(b)commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant commissioner, deputy assistant commissioner or commander in the metropolitan police force; or
(c)assistant commissioner or commander in the City of London police force,
shall be for a fixed term. The Secretary of State shall determine the range within which a fixed term must fall and the circumstances in which a fixed term appointment may be extended.
(3) Paragraph (2) is without prejudice to any provision whereby a term of appointment comes to an end on promotion, dismissal, the conclusion of disciplinary proceedings or transfer to another police force and regulation 14 (retirement).
(4) The Secretary of State shall determine the circumstances in which a vacancy in a rank specified in paragraph (2) shall be advertised; if a vacancy is to be advertised, the advertisement shall contain such detail and be published in such manner as the Secretary of State may determine. The Secretary of State may determine that no appointment shall be made until after a date to be specified in the advertisement.