Moved by
Lord Blair of Boughton
178A: After Clause 47, insert the following new Clause—
“Eligibility for senior police posts
(1) The Police Act 1996 is amended as follows.
(2) After section 50B (inserted by section 46) insert—
“50C Eligibility for senior police posts
Subject to section 140 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (appointment of chief officers of police)—
(a) an application may not be considered from any individual applying for the post of—
(i) Assistant or Deputy Chief Constable in any police service;
(ii) Commander or Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police Service; or
(iii) Commander or Assistant Commissioner in the City of London Police;
without previous experience in the police service in the United Kingdom at the rank of Superintendent or above, unless prior approval has been given by the Secretary of State, following advice from Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary;
(b) an application may not be considered from any individual applying for the post of—
(i) Chief Constable in any police service;
(ii) Assistant Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner or Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service;
(iii) Commissioner of the City of London Police; or
(iv) Director or Deputy Director of the National Crime Agency;
without experience in the United Kingdom’s police service in a rank no lower than two ranks below that to which the application is being made unless prior approval has been given by the Secretary of State, following advice from Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary.””