7In section 15 (general duties of local policing bodies, chief officers and inspectors), after subsection (2) insert—
“(2A)Subsection (2B) applies in a case where it appears to a local policing body that—
(a)an obligation to act or refrain from acting has arisen by or under this Part,
(b)that obligation is an obligation of the chief officer of police of the police force which is maintained by the local policing body, and
(c)the chief officer has not yet complied with that obligation, or has contravened it.
(2B)The local policing body may direct the chief officer to take such steps as the local policing body thinks appropriate.
(2C)The chief officer must comply with any direction given under subsection (2B).”.