24 Employment of Assistant Commissioners (1) The Chief Commissioner, on behalf of the Crown, may employ as many Assistant Commissioners as he or she thinks necessary. (2) Subject to subsection (3), the Chief Commissioner may employ a person as an Assistant Commissioner only if the person— (a) is a police officer; or (b) satisfies the prescribed criteria for appointment as a police officer under section 27. (3) The Chief Commissioner may waive any of the prescribed criteria in any particular case. (4) Part 3 of Schedule 1 applies to the employment of an Assistant Commissioner. (5) Nothing in this Division or Part 3 of Schedule 1 affects or takes away from the application of section 51(a) to an Assistant Commissioner.

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