Part 1

Police reform
CHAPTER 5

Police forces in areas with elected local policing bodies

Police forces outside London

Assistant chief constables
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1
Each police force must have one or more assistant chief constables.
2
The chief constable of a police force must consult the relevant police and crime commissioner before appointing a person as an assistant chief constable of the force.
3
The chief constable of a police force may suspend from duty an assistant chief constable of that police force.
4
The chief constable of a police force may call upon an assistant chief constable of that police force to resign or retire.
5
An assistant chief constable must resign or retire if called upon to do so by the chief constable in accordance with subsection (4).
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Subsections (2) to (5) are subject to regulations under section 50 of the Police Act 1996.
7
Subsections (3) to (5) are subject to Part 3 of Schedule 8 (suspension and removal of other senior police officers).
8
In this section “police force” means the police force for a police area listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 (police areas outside London).