The Police Federation Regulations 1969

SCHEDULE 1REGULATIONS REVOKED

SCHEDULE 2PROCEEDINGS

1.  This Schedule shall have effect in relation to the proceedings of the following bodies (hereafter in this Schedule referred to as “specified bodies”)—

• any branch meeting, including a meeting of members belonging to a particular division or specialist branch of a police force;

• any branch board or joint branch board;

• each central conference;

• the conferences arrangements committee;

• each central committee, the joint central committee and a joint committee of any two central committees;

• any women's regional conference.

2.  Each specified body shall choose its chairman and secretary from among its members.

3.  The chairman at any meeting of a specified body shall have a second or casting vote.

4.  Subject as aforesaid, each specified body shall regulate its own procedure and may provide for the appointment of committees and sub-committees and for their procedure.

5.  Where a police authority can make available to a specified body accommodation in premises provided for police purposes, the specified body shall be under no obligation to make payment for the use of such accommodation.

SCHEDULE 3ELECTIONS, ETC

1.  This Schedule shall apply in relation to the following bodies (hereafter in this Schedule referred to as “specified bodies”):—

• any branch board;

• each central conference;

• the conferences arrangement committee;

• each central committee.

2.  An election to a specified body shall be by secret ballot.

3.  At any such election each person qualified to take part therein shall be entitled to give the like number of votes as there are vacancies to be filled but shall not give more than one vote for any one candidate.

4.  Where at any such election an equality of votes is found to exist between any candidates and the addition of a vote would entitle any of those candidates to be declared elected, the decision between those candidates shall be reached by lot and the candidate on whom the lot falls shall be declared elected.

5.—(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, rules may be made by the appropriate rule-making body mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) as respects—

(a)the conduct of elections to a specified body, and

(b)the circumstances and manner in which casual vacancies thereon are to be filled, whether the vacancy occurs as a result of the death or resignation of a person or in consequence of any provision of these Regulations.

(2) The appropriate rule-making body shall be—

(a)in relation to a branch board, that board;

(b)in relation to the election of male delegates to a central conference by a particular branch board and to casual vacancies among those delegates, that board;

(c)in relation to the election of female delegates to a central conference and casual vacancies among those delegates, the joint central committee;

(d)in relation to the conferences arrangements committee, the joint central conference;

(e)in relation to the election of members of a central committee by a central conference and casual vacancies among those members, that central conference.

SCHEDULE 4DELEGATES TO CENTRAL CONFERENCES

PART IMEN

1.—(1) Except in the metropolitan police force, there shall be elected to the appropriate central conference under Regulation 9(2), by each inspectors', sergeants' and constables' branch board, two delegates together with a further delegate for each five hundred men included in the authorised establishment.

(2) In this paragraph the reference to the authorised establishment for a police force is a reference to the number of men of all ranks included in the authorised establishment.

2.  In the metropolitan police force the inspectors', sergeants' and constables' branch boards shall, under Regulation 9(2), each elect to the appropriate central conference—

(a)two delegates from each division;

(b)five delegates from the criminal investigation department, and

(c)six delegates from A, B and D departments.

PART IIWOMEN

1.  The number of delegates to be elected, under Regulation 9(3), by women members of inspectors', sergeants' or constables' branch boards in a region to the appropriate central conference shall be determined by reference to the aggregate authorised establishment for the police forces in the region, as hereafter in this Part of this Schedule provided.

2.  Where the aggregate authorised establishment is less than two hundred women, there shall be one delegate.

3.  Where the aggregate authorised establishment is two hundred women or more, there shall be two delegates with a further delegate for each five hundred women included in the aggregate authorised establishment.

4.  In this Part of this Schedule a reference to the authorised establishment for a police force is a reference to the number of women of all ranks included in the authorised establishment.

SCHEDULE 5REGIONS

For the purposes of these Regulations there shall be the following seven regions:—