Regulation 14 The annual conferenceI1
England and Wales
The national board is to arrange an annual conference of the Federation on a date agreed by the Secretary of State.
The following are entitled to attend the annual conference as delegates—
the number of delegates determined under paragraph (3) elected by each branch from the members of the relevant branch in accordance with Federation rules;
the members of the national council and the national board;
the trustees appointed under regulation 20(2).
The number of delegates mentioned in paragraph (2)(a), to be elected in accordance with Federation rules by each branch from the members of the relevant branch, is two plus an additional delegate for every 500 members or part thereof of the relevant police force, unless Federation rules provide otherwise.
For the purposes of paragraph (3), the number of police officers in a force is the total number of police officers in that force on 31st March in the year that was two years before that in which the election is held.
The annual conference must not last more than two days or, with the consent of the Secretary of State, three days.
Subject to these Regulations and Federation rules, the annual conference may regulate its own proceedings.