These Regulations consolidate, with amendments, the Regulations set out in Schedule 1, that is to say the Police Federation Regulations 1965 and the Regulations amending those Regulations.
The principal changes are described below.
Regulation 5 permits the holding of branch meetings on a divisional basis.
Regulation 8 provides for liaison committees.
Regulation 11 provides for a conferences arrangements committee.
Regulations 16(4) and 17(1) provide for the holding of Federation funds by joint branch boards and by the joint central committee and Regulations 18 and 20 apply to funds so held.
For the purposes of the Regulations Schedule 5 establishes seven regions; these replace the eight districts provided for in the Regulations revoked.