Regulation 6 Appointment of chief constable

For regulation 8 of the principal Regulations, there shall be substituted:

“Appointment of chief constable

8

Subject to section 4(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, no person shall be appointed as chief constable of a police force unless for a period of not less than two years he holds or has held the rank of assistant chief constable or above—

(a)

in some other police force;

(b)

on relevant service within the meaning of section 38A of the said Act of 1967^f1; or

(c)

partly in one of the capacities described in paragraphs (a) and (b) above and partly in another.”.