14(1)Section 58 (chief officers affected by amalgamations or local government reorganisations) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), for the words “or Part II of the [1958 c. 55.] Local Government Act 1958” there shall be substituted the words “, section 58 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 or section 17 of the [1992 c. 19.] Local Government Act 1992”.
(3)In subsection (2) for the word “deputy” there shall be substituted the word “assistant”.
(4)After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—
“(3A)If a chief constable was appointed for a term which expires within three months of his becoming a member of a police force by virtue of this section, subsection (3) shall have effect as if the reference to three months were a reference to that term.”