4.—(1) This article applies on the first occasion when a police and crime commissioner of any police area exercises the power—
(a)to appoint a person to be the commissioner’s chief executive under paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Act; or
(b)to appoint a person to be the commissioner’s chief finance officer under paragraph 6(1)(b) of that Schedule.
(2) Paragraphs 9 to 12 of Schedule 1 to the Act do not apply—
(a)to the appointment of a person as chief executive if, immediately before the coming into force of section 1 of the Act, the person was serving as the chief executive of the police authority for the same police area appointed under section 16(1) of the Police Act 1996(1); or
(b)to the appointment of a person as chief finance officer if, immediately before the coming into force of section 1 of the Act, the person was responsible for the proper administration of the police authority’s financial affairs in accordance with section 112(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988(2).
Section 16(1) was amended by paragraph 75 of Schedule 27 to the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) and paragraph 18 of Schedule 2 to the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48).