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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-federation-england-and-wales-regulations-2017/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
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  "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": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies for the purposes of the interpretation of this Schedule.\n(2) In this Schedule—\n“1969 Regulations” means the Police Federation Regulations 1969,\n“corresponding Federation body” means, in relation to an existing body mentioned in the 1969 Regulations specified in the first column of Table 1, the Federation body established under these Regulations specified in the second column of the same row—\nTable 1\nExisting body\nFederation body established under these Regulations\nA branch board\nThe branch board belonging to the Federation branch\nA joint branch board\nThe branch board belonging to the Federation branch\nThe Metropolitan Police Joint Executive Committee (also referred to as the Joint Executive Committee)\nThe branch board belonging to the metropolitan police force branch\nA liaison committee\nThe branch board belonging to the Federation branch\nA central committee\nThe national board\nThe joint central committee\nThe national board\n“corresponding Federation officer” means, in relation to the officer mentioned in the 1969 Regulations specified in the first column of Table 2, the Federation officer mentioned in these Regulations specified in the second column of the same row—\nTable 2\nOfficer mentioned in 1969 Regulations\nOfficer established under these Regulations\nThe chairman of the joint central committee\nThe national chair\nThe secretary of the joint central committee\nThe national secretary\nThe treasurer of the joint central committee (also referred to as the national treasurer)\nThe national treasurer\nTrustees appointed by a central committee or by the joint central committee\nThe national trustees\nThe chairman or vice chairman of the Joint Executive Committee\nThe branch chair of the metropolitan police force branch\nThe secretary or deputy secretary of the Joint Executive Committee\nThe branch secretary of the metropolitan police force branch\nThe chairman of a branch board or a joint branch board\nThe branch chair of the Federation branch\nThe secretary of a branch board or a joint branch board\nThe branch secretary of the Federation branch\nTrustees appointed by a branch board or by a joint branch board\nTrustees appointed by a branch board\n“existing body” means a body of the Federation mentioned in the 1969 Regulations.\n(3) A reference to a Federation branch is to be read as a reference to the same Federation branch for the purposes of both the 1969 Regulations and these Regulations.\n(4) In the case of a Federation body constituted from elected members under these Regulations, a reference to its constitution under these Regulations is a reference to the first members becoming members of the body.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 31.12.2017, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1969/1787."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1140/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}