C1Part 1Police reform
CHAPTER 5Police forces in areas with elected local policing bodies
Police forces outside London
I140Assistant chief constables
1
Each police force must have one or more assistant chief constables.
2
The chief constable of a police force must consult the relevant police and crime commissioner before appointing a person as an assistant chief constable of the force.
3
The chief constable of a police force may suspend from duty an assistant chief constable of that police force.
4
The chief constable of a police force may call upon an assistant chief constable of that police force to resign or retire.
5
An assistant chief constable must resign or retire if called upon to do so by the chief constable in accordance with subsection (4).
6
Subsections (2) to (5) are subject to regulations under section 50 of the Police Act 1996.
7
Subsections (3) to (5) are subject to Part 3 of Schedule 8 (suspension and removal of other senior police officers).
8
In this section “police force” means the police force for a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (police areas outside London).
Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (10.5.2021) by The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Election of Mayor and Functions) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/112), arts. 1(4), 35(1) (with art. 35(3), Sch. 6)