The Police Regulations 2003

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.

[F1(2) An appointment to the rank of—

(a)chief constable or deputy chief constable in a police force maintained under section 2 of the Act;

(b)commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant commissioner or deputy assistant commissioner in the metropolitan police force; or

(c)assistant commissioner in the City of London police force,

shall be for a fixed term.

(2A) Subject to paragraph (2B), an appointment for a fixed term shall be for a maximum of five years.

(2B) An appointment for a fixed term may be extended, by agreement of the police authority and the person appointed, for a further term of a maximum of three years and for subsequent terms each of a maximum of one year, provided that any extension or subsequent extension which is due to expire more than one year after the expiry of the original fixed term shall require the consent of the Secretary of State.]

(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) [F2or the rank of assistant chief constable in a police force maintained under section 2 of the Act, or commander in the metropolitan police force or City of London police force] 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.

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