[F19FA Appointment and removal of Deputy Assistant CommissionersE+W
(1)The ranks that may be held in the metropolitan police force shall include that of Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (“Deputy Assistant Commissioner”).
(2)Any appointment of a Deputy Assistant Commissioner shall be made by the Metropolitan Police Authority, but subject to the approval of the Secretary of State and to regulations under section 50.
(3)Subsections (1) to (3) of section 9E shall apply in relation to a Deputy Assistant Commissioner as they apply in relation to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [F2but with the omission in subsection (2A)—
(a)of paragraph (b);
(b)in paragraph (c), of the words from “or been sent” to “exercise that power”; and
(c)of the words after paragraph (c).]
(4)Subsection (3) of this section is without prejudice to—
(a)any regulations under section 50, or
(b)any regulations under the Police Pensions Act 1976 (c. 35).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 9FA inserted (1.1.2002) by 2001 c. 16, s. 122(1); S.I. 2001/3736, art. 3(a)
F2Words in s. 9FA(3) inserted (1.6.2004) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), ss. 32(3), 108(2); S.I. 2004/1319, art. 2(c)