Police Federation Regulations 1969
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1969/1787 |
1969 No. 1787
POLICE
The Police Federation Regulations 1969
Made 11th December 1969
Laid before Parliament 23th December 1969
Coming into Operation 1st January 1970
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 44 of the Police Act 1964, and after consultation with the three Central Committees of the Police Federation for England and Wales sitting together as a Joint Committee, I hereby make the following Regulations:—
PART I
GENERAL
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Federation Regulations 1969 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1970.
(2) These Regulations shall not extend to Scotland.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations the expression “”,in relation to a police force, .
(2) In these Regulations the expression “”, in relation to a police force, means—
(a)
(a) the criminal investigation department thereof,
(b)
(b) the traffic branch thereof, or
(c)
(c) the branch attached to the headquarters thereof,
however styled, except that, in relation to the metropolitan police force, the said expression means the criminal investigation department thereof or the A, B and D departments, attached to the office of the commissioner of police of the metropolis, taken together.
(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Regulation shall be construed as a reference to a Regulation contained in these Regulations, a reference to a Schedule shall be construed as a reference to a Schedule to these Regulations and a reference to a paragraph shall be construed as a reference to a paragraph in the same Regulation, the same Schedule or the same Part of a Schedule, as the case may be.
(4) In these Regulations any reference to any enactment is a reference to that enactment as amended or extended by or under any subsequent enactment.
(5) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
Revocations and transitional provisions
3.—(1) The Regulations set out in Schedule 1, that is to say the Police Federation Regulations 19651and the Regulations amending those Regulations, are hereby revoked.
(2) Anything done under, or for the purposes of, any provision of the Regulations revoked by this Regulation shall have effect as if done under, or for the purposes of, the corresponding provision of these Regulations.
PART II
ORGANISATION
Membership of Police Federation and branches thereof
4.—(1) .
(2) There shall be a branch of the Federation for each police force, consisting of the following persons—
(a)
(a) every member of that force below the rank of superintendent, and
(b)
(b) every police cadet undergoing training with a view to becoming a member of that force,
and every such person shall be a member of the Federation.
Proceedings of branches
5.—(1) General meetings of the members of a branch of the Federation, or of such members belonging to a particular division or specialist branch of a police force, may be held in accordance with arrangements made by—
(a)
(a) a board or joint board of that branch, or
(b)
(b) a central committee or the joint central committee of the Federation.
(2) The chief officer of police of the force in whose area such a meeting is to be held shall be given at least fourteen days' notice of the date of the meeting.
(3) The arrangements referred to in paragraph (1) may provide for the attendance at a meeting of members of the police authority and of other members of the Federation but shall not permit the attendance of other persons except to such extent, and subject to such conditions, as may be determined—
(a)
(a) by the chief officer of police, where the arrangements are made under paragraph (1)(a);
(b)
(b) by the Secretary of State, where the arrangements are made under paragraph (1)(b).
(4) The arrangements referred to in paragraph (1) shall not permit the passing of a resolution at a meeting for submission to a chief officer of police, a police authority or the Secretary of State.
(5) Subject to the provisions of the arrangements referred to in paragraph (1), Schedule 2 shall have effect in relation to the proceedings of a meeting held under this Regulation.
Branch boards
6.—(1) In each branch of the Federation there shall be constituted, in accordance with this Regulation, an inspectors', a sergeants' and a constables' branch board.
(2) Where a police force consists of fewer than five divisions, the men belonging to those divisions holding the rank of inspector, sergeant or, as the case may be, constable in that force shall elect, from among their number, five members of the appropriate branch board.
(3) Where a police force consists of five or more divisions, the men belonging to each division and holding the rank of inspector, sergeant or, as the case may be, constable therein shall elect from among their number one member of the appropriate branch board.
(4) The men belonging to each specialist branch of a police force and holding the rank of inspector, sergeant or, as the case may be, constable therein shall elect from among their number one member of the appropriate branch board except that in the case of the two specialist branches of the metropolitan police force—
(a)
(a) five members shall be elected by the criminal investigation department, and
(b)
(b) three members shall be elected by the A, B and D departments.
(5) The women holding the rank of inspector, sergeant or, as the case may be, constable in a police force shall elect one member of the appropriate branch board from among their own number or, in the case of the metropolitan police force, from among the members thereof elected as delegates to the appropriate central conference in accordance with Regulation 9(4).
(6) The police cadets undergoing training with a view to becoming members of a police force may elect, from among their number, one member of the constables' branch board; but, where they do not so elect a member, they shall designate to represent their interests a member of the constables' branch board elected in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Regulation.
(7) Schedule 3 shall have effect in relation to a branch board, so however that in any election thereto—
(a)
(a) if only one person is qualified to take part therein, that person shall be deemed to be elected;
(b)
(b) if only two persons are qualified to take part therein, subject to any agreement to the contrary between them, the senior of those two shall be deemed to be elected.
(8) Annual elections shall be held for the purposes of this Regulation in such month in each year as the Secretary of State may determine at the request of the joint central committee of the Federation.
(9) A person becoming a member of a branch board shall, subject to any rules made under paragraph 5(1)(b) of Schedule 3, become such on the first day of the month following that in which annual elections are held and, subject to paragraph (10), shall remain a member until the end of the month in which annual elections are held in the next following year.
(10) A person shall cease to be a member of an inspectors', sergeants' or constables' branch board if—
(a)
(a) he ceases to hold the rank of inspector, sergeant or, as the case may be, constable;
(b)
(b) he ceases to be a member of the police force or, in the case of a police cadet, ceases to undergo training with a view to becoming such a member, or
(c)
(c) in the case of a person elected in accordance with paragraph (3) or (4), he ceases to belong to the division or specialist branch by which he was elected;
but, where a person who is the secretary of a joint branch board ceases to be a member of a branch board in accordance with sub-paragraph (c) of this paragraph, he shall, by virtue of this paragraph and without prejudice to the filling of the casual vacancy, become an additional member of that board and shall remain such for the period for which he would have remained a member but for the said sub-paragraph (c).
(11) Where a member of a branch board has been chosen as such a central officer of the Federation as is hereinafter mentioned he shall, by virtue of this paragraph and without prejudice to the filling of the casual vacancy, become an additional member of that board and, subject to paragraph (10), shall remain such until some other person is chosen for the office in question.
In this paragraph the reference to a central officer of the Federation is a reference to—
(a)
(a) a person chosen by the joint central committee as the chairman, secretary or treasurer thereof, or
(b)
(b) a person chosen by a central committee as the secretary thereof.
(12) A reference in any provision of this Regulation to a person holding a rank in a police force shall be construed as excluding a reference to such a person who is a member of the first class of the police reserve.
Proceedings of branch boards
7.—(1) Each branch board may hold quarterly meetings, each lasting one day and, with the consent of the chief officer of police, additional meetings of the branch board and meetings of committees thereof.
(2) Each branch board shall hold a quarterly meeting in the month following that in which annual elections are held, which meeting is in these Regulations referred to as the annual meeting, and where more than one meeting is held in that month the first meeting so held shall be the annual meeting.
(3) In any branch of the Federation the three or any two of the branch boards may, by agreement, sit together as a joint branch board, either generally or for a special purpose.
(4) Without prejudice to any arrangements for informal consultation, a branch board or joint branch...
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