The Police (Retirement of Senior Officers) Regulations 1973
Regulation 3 (read with section 260(1) and (2) of the Local Government Act 1972) provides that a chief constable, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable in England or Wales who will be aged 50 years or over on 31st March 1974 and fulfills the conditions set out in paragraph (1) of the Regulation may, by written notice given to the police authority before 28th February 1974, elect that section 260 (provision for early retirement) shall, and section 259 (compensation for loss of office) shall not, apply to him; subject, however, to the right of the police authority to object within a month of their being given the notice.