{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-police-act-2001/section-125",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-police-act-2001/section-125.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/16",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-police-act-2001",
  "path": "section/125",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "125",
  "heading": "Chief superintendents",
  "text": "(1) In section 9H(2) of the 1996 Act (ranks that shall be prescribed for the metropolitan police force), after “those of” there shall be inserted “ chief superintendent, ”.\n(2) In section 13(1) of that Act (ranks that shall be prescribed for other police forces), after “ranks of” there shall be inserted “ chief superintendent, ”.\n(3) In the provisions of that Act that are set out in subsection (4), before the word “superintendent”, wherever occurring, there shall be inserted “ chief ”.\n(4) Those provisions are—\n(a) section 50(3) (meaning of “senior officer” for the purposes of proceedings in which a member of a police force may be dismissed etc.);\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) section 84(1) and (3) (representation at disciplinary and other proceedings).\n(5) In Schedule 6 to the 1996 Act (appeals to police appeal tribunals)—\n(a) in paragraph 10(a), before “superintendent” there shall be inserted “ chief ”; and\n(b) in paragraph 10(c)(i)—\n(i) after “of the rank of” there shall be inserted “ chief superintendent or ”; and\n(ii) for “that rank” there shall be substituted “ one of those ranks ”.\n(6) The amendments of Schedule 6 to that Act by virtue of this section shall not affect any appeal brought by a member of a police force under section 85 of that Act before the coming into force of this section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 125(4)(b) repealed (1.4.2004) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), ss. 107(2), 108, Sch. 8; S.I. 2004/913, art. 2(f)(x)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2008/4",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2008/4",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2008/4",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/section/125",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:02.518965+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}