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Point in time view as at 01/04/2015.

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Police Act 1996, Section 64 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

64 Membership of trade unions.E+W+S

(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, a member of a police force shall not be a member of any trade union, or of any association having for its objects, or one of its objects, to control or influence the pay, pensions or conditions of service of any police force.

(2)Where a person was a member of a trade union before becoming a member of a police force, he may, with the consent of the chief officer of police, continue to be a member of that union during the time of his service in the police force.

F1(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)This section applies to police cadets as it applies to members of a police force, and references to a police force or to service in a police force shall be construed accordingly.

F2(4A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F2(4B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3(4C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(4D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5(4E). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6(4F). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)Nothing in this section applies to membership of the Police Federations, or of any body recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section as representing members of police forces who are not members of those Federations.

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