Energy Act 2004

Removal of senior officers by Police Authority E+W+S

1 (1) The Police Authority may call on a senior officer, in the interests of efficiency or effectiveness, to retire or to resign. E+W+S

(2) The approval of the Secretary of State is required before the Police Authority may call on a senior officer to retire or to resign.

(3) Before seeking the approval of the Secretary of State, the Police Authority must—

(a) give the senior officer a notice of its intention to call on him to retire or to resign and an explanation of its grounds for doing so;

(b) give the senior officer an opportunity of making representations, including an opportunity of making representations in person; and

(c) consider any representations made by or on behalf of the senior officer.

(4) A senior officer who is called on to retire or to resign must retire or resign with effect from—

(a) such date as the Police Authority may specify; or

(b) such earlier date as may be agreed between him and the Police Authority.

(5) Oral notice is not effective for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 11 para. 1 in force at 1.3.2005 by S.I. 2005/442, art. 2(1), Sch. 1