49Suspension and removal of other senior metropolitan police officers
(1)The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis may suspend a senior metropolitan police officer from duty.
(2)If the Commissioner suspends a senior metropolitan police officer from duty, the Commissioner must notify the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime of the suspension.
(3)The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis may, subject to subsection (5), and after consulting the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime, call upon a senior metropolitan police officer to resign or retire.
(4)A senior metropolitan police officer must resign or retire if called upon to do so in accordance with subsection (3).
(5)Before calling upon a senior metropolitan police officer to retire or resign, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis must—
(a)give the police officer a written explanation of the reasons why the Commissioner is proposing to call for the retirement or resignation;
(b)give the police officer the opportunity to make written representations about the proposal to call for the police officer’s resignation or retirement; and
(c)consider any written representations made by the police officer.
(6)This section is subject to regulations under section 50 of the Police Act 1996.
(7)This section is without prejudice to regulations under the Police Pensions Act 1976.
(8)In this section “senior metropolitan police officer” means any of the following—
(a)an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis;
(b)a Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis;
(c)a Commander.