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4.—(1) An Authority must not appoint a person to be chief fire officer unless the end of the confirmation process has been reached.
(2) The end of the confirmation process is reached in a case to which article 9 applies—
(a)where the relevant police and crime panel makes a recommendation in relation to the appointment, on the date on which the Authority notifies the panel of its decision whether or not to accept that recommendation under article 9(3); or
(b)where the relevant police and crime panel does not make a report in relation to the appointment, at the end of the period of three weeks starting with the day on which the panel receives the notification from the Authority of the proposed appointment.
(3) The end of the confirmation process is reached in a case to which article 10 applies—
(a)where the relevant police and crime panel does not make a report in relation to the appointment, at the end of the period of three weeks starting with the day on which the police and crime panel receives the notification from the Authority of the proposed appointment; or
(b)where the relevant police and crime panel makes a recommendation in relation to the appointment under article 12, the date on which the Authority notifies the panel of its decision whether or not to accept that recommendation under article 13(b).
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