1 The Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom.U.K.
(1)There shall be a Board, to be known as the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom, for the consideration by persons representing the interests of—
(a)the authorities who between them maintain the police forces in Great Britain and the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and
(b)the persons who are members of those police forces or of that Constabulary or are police cadets,
of questions relating to hours of duty, leave, pay and allowances, pensions or the issue, use and return of police clothing, personal equipment and accoutrements.
(2)The Chairman and any deputy chairman or chairmen of the Board shall be appointed by the Prime Minister.
(3)Subject to subsection (2), the Board shall be established in accordance with such arrangements made after consultations between the Secretary of State and organisations representing the interests referred to in subsection (1) as appear to him to be satisfactory.
(4)The Secretary of State may—
(a)pay to the Chairman and to any deputy chairman or chairmen of the Board such fees as the Secretary of State may determine with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service; and
(b)defray any expenses incurred by the Board;
and expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under paragraph (a) or (b), and any other administrative expenses incurred by him in connection with the Board, shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament.
(5)The Police Council for the United Kingdom shall cease to exist.