{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-federation-england-and-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-federation-england-and-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1140",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Federation (England and Wales) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-federation-england-and-wales-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Federation branches",
  "text": "(1) Each Federation branch is to have a chair (“the branch chair”), elected by the members of the branch from among the members of the branch board in accordance with Federation rules.\n(2) Each Federation branch is to have a secretary (“the branch secretary”) and a treasurer (“the branch treasurer”) elected by the members of the branch board from amongst their number in accordance with regulation 10(7).\n(3) A meeting of all or some of the members of a Federation branch (“a branch meeting”) may be held in accordance with arrangements made by—\n(a) the relevant branch board, or\n(b) the national board.\n(4) The chief officer of the police force in whose area a branch meeting is to be held is to be given at least 14 days’ notice of the meeting.\n(5) The arrangements referred to in paragraph (3) may provide for the attendance at a branch meeting of—\n(a) the relevant local policing body or, where the relevant local policing body is the Common Council of the City of London, the members of the Common Council;\n(b) other members of the Federation;\n(c) other persons only to the extent, and subject to such conditions, as may be determined—\n(i) by the relevant chief officer, where the arrangements are made under paragraph (3)(a);\n(ii) by the Secretary of State, where the arrangements are made under paragraph (3)(b).\n(6) Subject to these Regulations and Federation rules, a Federation branch may regulate its own proceedings.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in force at 31.12.2017, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1140/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:06:03.500460+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}