Conditions Of Service - Regulations
11.
Appointment of senior officers (See also Annex
B)
(1) Subject to section 4(1) of the 1967
Act and regulation 9, no person shall be appointed as chief constable
or qualified as appointment as a deputy chief constable or assistant
chief constable of a police force unless that person holds or has
held such rank and for such period as the Scottish Ministers shall
determine in respect of such appointments.
(2) The Scottish Ministers may determine any other requirements that
must be satisfied in respect of such appointments. The police authority
may determine any additional requirements that must be satisfied in
respect of any particular appointment.
(3) An appointment to a senior officer rank in a police force maintained
under section 2 of the 1967 Act shall be for a fixed term. The Scottish
Ministers shall determine the range within which a fixed term must
fall and the circumstances in which a fixed term appointment may be
extended.
(4) Paragraph (3) is without prejudice to any provision whereby a
term of appointment comes to an end on promotion, dismissal, the conclusion
of disciplinary proceedings or transfer to another police force and
regulation 14.
(5) The Scottish Ministers shall determine the circumstances in which
a vacancy in a senior officer rank shall be advertised; if a vacancy
is to be advertised, the advertisement shall contain such detail and
be published in such manner as the Scottish Ministers may determine.
The Scottish Ministers may determine that no appointment shall be
made until after a date to be specified in the advertisement.
