201(1)Section 4 (designation and reports of head of paid service) is amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)In the case of an elected local policing body, the body’s chief executive is to be taken to have been designated as the head of the body’s paid service (and, accordingly, subsection (1)(a) does not apply; but references to persons designated under this section include references to the body’s chief executive).”.
(3)In subsection (4), for “sent to” substitute “sent—
(a)in the case of an elected local policing body, to the body and to the police and crime panel for the body’s police area; and
(b)in any other case, to”.
(4)In subsection (5), after “relevant authority” insert “(other than an elected local policing body)”.
(5)After subsection (5) insert—
“(5A)It shall be the duty of an elected local policing body to consider any report under this section by the head of the body’s paid service, and to do so no later than three months after the body is sent a copy of the report.”.
(6)In subsection (6)(a), after “below” insert “and an elected local policing body”.