Valid from 01/01/2002
(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, ”.
(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, ”.
(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 ”.
(4)Those provisions are—
(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.);
(b)section 65 (meaning of “senior officer” for the purposes of complaints made against members of a police force); and
(c)section 84(1) and (3) (representation at disciplinary and other proceedings).
(5)In Schedule 6 to the 1996 Act (appeals to police appeal tribunals)—
(a)in paragraph 10(a), before “superintendent” there shall be inserted “ chief ”; and
(b)in paragraph 10(c)(i)—
(i)after “of the rank of” there shall be inserted “ chief superintendent or ”; and
(ii)for “that rank” there shall be substituted “ one of those ranks ”.
(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.