90In section 42 of the [1996 c. 16.] Police Act 1996 (power of the Secretary of State to require a police authority to exercise its power to call upon the chief constable to retire) after subsection (4) there shall be inserted—
“(5)This section shall apply to the power of the Metropolitan Police Authority under section 9E to call upon—
(a)the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,
(b)the Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis,
(c)an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, or
(d)a Commander in the metropolitan police force,
to retire in the interests of efficiency or effectiveness as it applies to the power of a police authority under section 11.”