Citation, commencement and extent

1.  (1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Police Federation (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and shall come into force on 31st January 2014.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Amendment to the Police Federation Regulations 1969

2.  (1)  Regulation 12 of the Police Federation Regulations 1969(2) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1A), for "their number" substitute "the eligible membership, as defined in paragraph (2)".

(3) For paragraph (2) substitute-

"(2) The eligible membership is-

(a)for the purposes of paragraph (1A)(a), members of the branch board for the relevant rank in the City of London and metropolitan police forces who do not come within sub-paragraph (c) of this paragraph;

(b)for the purposes of paragraph (1A)(b), members of the branch board for the relevant rank in any police force in the region in question who do not come within sub-paragraph (c) of this paragraph;

(c)for the purposes of paragraph (1A)(c), female members of any branch board for the relevant rank elected under regulation 6(12), and additional delegates under regulation 9(8) who have been elected to the relevant central committee under paragraph (1A)(c).".

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 12 of the Police Federation Regulations 1969 ("the 1969 Regulations"), which governs the election of members of the constables', sergeants' and inspectors' central committees of the Police Federation for England and Wales ("the Federation").

There is a branch of the Federation for each police force, consisting of the members of the force below the rank of superintendent and the police cadets undergoing training with a view to becoming members of the force (see regulation 4 of the 1969 Regulations). A constables', a sergeants' and an inspectors' branch board is elected from among the members of each branch of the relevant rank (see regulation 6 of the 1969 Regulations). The delegates to each central conference are elected by the branch board for the rank in question (see regulation 9 of the 1969 Regulations).

At present, regulation 12(1A) of the 1969 Regulations provides for the members of the central committees of the Federation to be elected from among the delegates to the constables', sergeants' and inspectors' central conferences. Further provision as to eligibility for election is to be found in regulation 12(2). These Regulations amend regulation 12 with the effect that the members of the central committees are elected from among the members of the relevant branch boards, regardless of whether any particular branch board member is a delegate to the central conference in question. The additional requirements in regulation 12(2) are retained.