14(1)Section 11A (appointment and removal of deputy chief constables) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In subsection (1) (police forces to have a deputy chief constable), for “a deputy chief constable” there is substituted “ one or more deputy chief constables ”.
(3)For subsection (2) there is substituted—
“(2)The appointment of a person to be a deputy chief constable of a police force shall be made, in accordance with regulations under section 50, by the police authority responsible for maintaining that force.
(2A)Where the police authority responsible for maintaining a police force—
(a)proposes to increase the number of deputy chief constables that the force has, or
(b)proposes to appoint a particular person to be a deputy chief constable,
it may do so only after consultation with the chief constable and subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.”