# Police and Justice Act 2006, Paragraph 14


(1) Section 11A (appointment and removal of deputy chief constables) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1) (police forces to have a deputy chief constable), for “a deputy chief constable” there is substituted “ one or more deputy chief constables ”.
(3) For subsection (2) there is substituted—
“(2) The appointment of a person to be a deputy chief constable of a police force shall be made, in accordance with regulations under section 50, by the police authority responsible for maintaining that force.
(2A) Where the police authority responsible for maintaining a police force—
(a) proposes to increase the number of deputy chief constables that the force has, or
(b) proposes to appoint a particular person to be a deputy chief constable,
it may do so only after consultation with the chief constable and subject to the approval of the Secretary of State.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/48/schedule/2/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-justice-act-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-14
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