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2004 No. 2660

POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Police Federation (Amendment) Regulations 2004

  Made 12th October 2004 
  Laid before Parliament 14th October 2004 
  Coming into force 5th November 2004 

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 60 of the Police Act 1996[1] and after consultation with the three Central Committees of the Police Federation for England and Wales sitting together as a Joint Committee, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Federation (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 5th November 2004.

    (2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Amendment of the Police Federation Regulations 1969
    
2. The Police Federation Regulations 1969[2] are amended in accordance with the following regulations.

     3. Omit regulation 2(1) (meaning of "division").

    
4. In regulation 5(1) (proceedings of branches) omit the words "division or".

    
5. For regulation 6 (branch boards) substitute the following regulations-

     6. For regulation 7(3) (proceedings of branch boards) substitute-

     7. In regulation 8 (liaison committees)-

     8. In regulation 9 (central conferences)-

     9. For regulation 10(2) (proceedings of central conferences) substitute-

     10. For regulation 12(2) (central committees) substitute-

     11. In regulation 13 (proceedings of central committees)-

     12. In regulation 16(2) (subscriptions etc.) after the words "branch boards" insert "(or, where there is no such branch board, in such manner as the joint central committee shall determine)".

    
13. For regulation 18(3) (accounts) substitute-

     14. In regulation 20 (trustees of Federation property and funds)-

     15. In paragraph 1 of Schedule 2-

     16. In paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 4-

     17. For Schedule 6 substitute the Schedule to these Regulations.


Hazel Blears
Minister of State

Home Office
12th October 2004



SCHEDULE
Regulation 17







EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations amend the Police Federation Regulations 1969 ("the 1969 Regulations").

In particular, regulation 5 makes new provision for the constitution of branch boards (which respectively provide representation for the ranks of inspector, sergeant and constable). In consequence of the abolition of divisions within police forces, branch boards will now be structured on the basis of the relative strength of each force. Members of the boards will represent geographical or sectoral constituencies. Members of the boards who also sit on their rank's central committee (a body elected from among the branch board members) will be treated as additional members on their rank branch board, creating an additional vacancy on their branch board.

Regulation 5 also inserts a new regulation 6B into the 1969 Regulations, creating a Joint Executive Committee within the metropolitan police. This body is broadly equivalent to a joint branch board in other forces.

Regulation 6 provides that the three branch boards are to be required to sit together as a joint branch board for the purpose of discussing matters of common interest (rather than allowing discretion to do so).

Regulation 7 provides for the election of workplace representatives in the rank of constable and sergeant for each force.

Regulation 8 provides that all members of a rank's central committee shall become additional members of the central conference for that rank.

Regulation 9 provides that the three central conferences are to be required to sit together for the purpose of discussing matters of common interest (rather than allowing discretion to do so).

Regulation 10 provides that candidates for the woman member's reserved seat on a central committee must be either a reserve seat delegate on the central conference or someone who has become an additional delegate, having previously been elected as a reserve seat delegate.

Regulation 12 makes provision for the collection of voluntary subscriptions where there is no branch board for the members in question. This will cover seconded members and members of the National Crime Squad and National Criminal Intelligence Service.

Regulations 13 and 14 make provision in relation to the Police Federation's auditors and the investment of its funds.

Regulation 16 and the Schedule to these Regulations substitute a new Schedule 6 into the 1969 Regulations, so as to provide that the statutory provisions on removal from office apply not only to the removal of a member from certain specified bodies but also to the removal of a person from a particular post in those bodies (in circumstances where that person nevertheless remains a member of that body).


Notes:

[1] 1996 c. 16; section 60 was amended by paragraphs 72 and 80 of Schedule 9 to the Polce Act 1997 (c. 50).back

[2] S.I. 1969/1781, as amended by S.I. 1971/1498, 1973/706, 1975/1739, 1986/1846, 1989/564, 1990/1575 and 1995/2768.back

[3] Paragraph (8) of regulation 8 was inserted by regulation 4 of S.I. 1986/1846 but was incorrectly numbered as there was no paragraph (7).back

[4] 1989 c. 40.back

[5] 2000 c. 29.back



ISBN 0 11 049935 2


  © Crown copyright 2004

Prepared 18 October 2004


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