The Police Federation (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Annual conference and elections to the central committees

3.—(1) The Police Federation Regulations 1969 are amended as follows.

(2) For regulation 9 (central conferences)(1) and its heading substitute—

“Annual conference

9.— (1) The Federation shall hold an annual conference on a date agreed by the Secretary of State.

(2) The annual conference shall last no more than two days or, with the consent of the Secretary of State, three days.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the annual conference shall be constituted in accordance with rules made by the Federation.

(4) For each branch of the Federation there shall be at least two delegates to the annual conference plus an additional delegate for every 500 members of the police force to which the branch relates on 31st March in the year two years preceding the year in which the conference is held.

(5) Subject to this regulation, the proceedings of the annual conference shall be in accordance with rules made by the Federation.

(6) Rules made under paragraph (3) or (5) shall be prepared in draft by the joint central committee and submitted for the Secretary of State’s approval, and shall not have effect until so approved.”.

(3) In regulation 12 (central committees)(2)—

(a) in paragraph (1A)—

(i) for the words from “inspectors’” to “central” substitute “annual”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), after “Region” insert “, as listed in Schedule 5,”,

(b) in paragraph (2)(c) omit the words from “, and” to the end,

(c) in paragraph (2A) for “May 1987, and at any time in 1990” substitute “2018”,

(d) in paragraph (4), for the words from “inspectors’” to the end substitute “annual conference in accordance with rules made under regulation 9(3)”.

(4) In regulation 15A (Federation Rules)(3), in each place where it occurs, for “joint central conference” substitute “annual conference”.

(5) In regulation 16 (subscriptions etc.)(4), in paragraph (2), for “joint central conference” substitute “annual conference”.

(6) In regulation 20 (trustees of Federation property and funds)(5)—

(a) in paragraph (2A) for “of whom each of the central conferences shall have elected one” substitute “whom the annual conference shall have elected”,

(b) in paragraph (2B) for “joint central conference” substitute “annual conference”.

(7) In Schedule 2 (proceedings) in paragraph 1(6) omit—

(a) “each central conference;”,

(b) “the conferences arrangements committee;”,

(c) “any women’s regional conference;”.

(8) In Schedule 3 (elections, etc.)(7)—

(a) in paragraph 1 omit—

(i) “each central conference;”,

(ii) “the conferences arrangements committee;”,

(iii) “each women’s regional conference”,

(b) in paragraph 5(2)—

(i) omit sub-paragraphs (b) to (d) and (f),

(ii) in sub-paragraph (e)—

(aa) for “a central conference” substitute “the delegates to an annual conference”,

(bb) for “that central conference” substitute “the annual conference”.

(9) In Schedule 6 (removal from office)(8) in paragraph 1 omit “the conferences arrangements committee;”.

(10) The following are revoked—

(a) regulation 10 (proceedings of central conferences)(9),

(b) regulation 11 (conferences arrangements committee)(10),

(c) regulation 14 (women’s regional conferences)(11),

(d) Schedule 4 (delegates to central conferences)(12).

(1)

Regulation 9 was amended by S.I. 1971/1498, 1995/2768 and 2004/2660.

(2)

Regulation 12 was amended by S.I. 1986/1846, S.I. 1995/2768 and S.I. 2013/3189.

(3)

Regulation 15A was inserted by S.I. 1990/1575.

(4)

Regulation 16 was substituted by S.I. 1990/1575 and amended by S.I. 2006/594, S.I. 2007/2751 and S.I. 2015/630.

(5)

Regulation 20 was amended by S.I. 1989/564 and S.I. 2004/2660.

(6)

Paragraph 1 was amended by S.I. 2004/2660 and S.I. 2011/230.

(7)

Schedule 3 was amended by S.I. 1973/706 and S.I. 1995/2768.

(8)

Schedule 6 was inserted by S.I. 1986/1846 and substituted by S.I. 2004/2660.

(9)

Regulation 10 was amended by S.I. 2004/2660.

(10)

Regulation 11 was amended by S.I. 1986/1846 and S.I. 1995/2768.

(11)

Regulation 14 was amended by S.I. 1973/706 and S.I. 1995/2768.

(12)

Schedule 4 was amended by S.I. 1971/1498, S.I. 1995/2768 and S.I. 2004/2660.